How to enable and configure WiFi in debian 7 wheezy.?

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I just installed the debian 7 wheezy, but WiFi is not working.
I visited the debian wiki pages but they have already mentioned there that the broadcom chip BCM43142, 4e4:4365 is not supported by the drivers packages 43xx etc



what to do please help.?



it works fine when I installed Windows.



but not on debian distribution .










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    I just installed the debian 7 wheezy, but WiFi is not working.
    I visited the debian wiki pages but they have already mentioned there that the broadcom chip BCM43142, 4e4:4365 is not supported by the drivers packages 43xx etc



    what to do please help.?



    it works fine when I installed Windows.



    but not on debian distribution .










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      I just installed the debian 7 wheezy, but WiFi is not working.
      I visited the debian wiki pages but they have already mentioned there that the broadcom chip BCM43142, 4e4:4365 is not supported by the drivers packages 43xx etc



      what to do please help.?



      it works fine when I installed Windows.



      but not on debian distribution .










      share|improve this question














      I just installed the debian 7 wheezy, but WiFi is not working.
      I visited the debian wiki pages but they have already mentioned there that the broadcom chip BCM43142, 4e4:4365 is not supported by the drivers packages 43xx etc



      what to do please help.?



      it works fine when I installed Windows.



      but not on debian distribution .







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          At first get the driver:



          sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms broadcom-sta-modules


          1st package isn't essencial.



          download this package



          Install it:



          sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb


          And run:



          sudo modprobe wl





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          • I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

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            Feb 25 '15 at 19:04










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          This might be in interest of yours.



          At first get the driver:



          sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms broadcom-sta-modules


          1st package isn't essencial.



          download this package



          Install it:



          sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb


          And run:



          sudo modprobe wl





          share|improve this answer























          • I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

            – CuCu
            Feb 25 '15 at 19:04















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          This might be in interest of yours.



          At first get the driver:



          sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms broadcom-sta-modules


          1st package isn't essencial.



          download this package



          Install it:



          sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb


          And run:



          sudo modprobe wl





          share|improve this answer























          • I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

            – CuCu
            Feb 25 '15 at 19:04













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          This might be in interest of yours.



          At first get the driver:



          sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms broadcom-sta-modules


          1st package isn't essencial.



          download this package



          Install it:



          sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb


          And run:



          sudo modprobe wl





          share|improve this answer













          This might be in interest of yours.



          At first get the driver:



          sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms broadcom-sta-modules


          1st package isn't essencial.



          download this package



          Install it:



          sudo dpkg -i wireless-bcm43142-dkms_6.20.55.19-1_amd64.deb


          And run:



          sudo modprobe wl






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          answered Feb 24 '15 at 14:50









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          • I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

            – CuCu
            Feb 25 '15 at 19:04

















          • I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

            – CuCu
            Feb 25 '15 at 19:04
















          I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

          – CuCu
          Feb 25 '15 at 19:04





          I have not tried your solution but got tired of trying to just enable my laptop WiFi, even I tried Ubuntu, Fedora, Kali and debian. and with all of them I had the same problem. so I just uninstalled it for now, will try that . thanks

          – CuCu
          Feb 25 '15 at 19:04

















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