# WLAN Driver for BCM43142

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/wlan-driver-for-bcm43142/25272>\
**Category:** SLED Hardware\
**Created:** [March 19, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wlan-driver-for-bcm43142/25272 "2014-03-19T12:22:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dognose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Dognose](https://forums.suse.com/u/Dognose)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wlan-driver-for-bcm43142/25272/1 "2014-03-19T12:22:49Z")

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Hi experts,

I search a WLAN driver for Broadcom BCM43142.

Where can I find and download them?

Machine: Lenovo E545 ThinkPad Edge

Thank you for all tips.

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wlan-driver-for-bcm43142/25272/2 "2014-03-19T16:24:59Z")

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> On Wed 19 Mar 2014 10:24:01 AM CDT, Dognose wrote:
> 
> Hi experts,
> 
> I search a WLAN driver for Broadcom BCM43142.
> 
> Where can I find and download them?
> 
> Machine: Lenovo E545 ThinkPad Edge
> 
> Thank you for all tips.

Hi  
Can you provide some more information from the following three commands;

```auto
/sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 Network
dmesg |grep firmware
zypper se -i firmware
```

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)  
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**Author:** ![farkassandor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@farkassandor](https://forums.suse.com/u/farkassandor)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wlan-driver-for-bcm43142/25272/3 "2014-11-21T20:08:54Z")

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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;19944]Hi  
Can you provide some more information from the following three commands;

```auto
/sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 Network
dmesg |grep firmware
zypper se -i firmware
```

–  
Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890)  
openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86\_64) GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.11.10-7-desktop  
If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface,  
please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks![/QUOTE]

HI I have the same issue. I have installed SLED 12 on Dell Vostro  
here is the requested info:  
/sbin/lspci -nnk |grep -A3 Network  
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)  
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n + BT 4.0 [1028:0016]  
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge  
Kernel modules: bcma

dmesg |grep firmware  
[3.551897] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f02)  
[5.064403] psmouse serio1: elantech: assuming hardware version 3 (with firmware version 0x450f02)

zypper se -i firmware  
–±----------------±--------------------------------------------------±------  
i | alsa-firmware | ALSA - firmware adatállomány | csomag  
i | atmel-firmware | Firmware az Atmel at76c50x drótnélküli hálózati-\> | csomag  
i | bluez-firmware | Bluetooth™ Firmware | csomag  
i | ipw-firmware | Intel PRO/Wireless WLAN kártya firmware | csomag  
i | kernel-firmware | Linux kernel firmware fájlok | csomag

Thanks!