WiFi connected but no internet on Macbook 4,1 - latest Solus Budgie

isaacmateosv

Hello there! I don't know what else to address given this situation. I've been trying many solutions found around the web, but nothing seems to fix this issue.
General info: BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:0088]

ReillyBrogan

I think you might want the broadcom-sta drivers. Try sudo eopkg it broadcom-sta-current (you'll probably need to connect to ethernet temporarily).

isaacmateosv

ReillyBrogan Hi There! Thanks for your reply. Well, I already tried that but didn't work. Those are indeed installed and after using the Hardware Drivers app, the WiFi icon appeared, and I connected to my local network. Just without internet connection (tested with ping command).

tonyk

Had the same problem on a Macbook Pro after one of the updates at the end of the year when Broadcom drivers were updated. I've always used one of the tips listed in another thread to get wifi to work - after installing the Broadcom drivers, run the following two lines in terminal (new line starts with 'echo'):

echo "install wl /sbin/modprobe cfg80211; /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/\$(/bin/uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wl.ko" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/hackboot.conf

echo "wl" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/wl.conf

Wifi didn't work after the last Broadcom update, and I noticed that in the /lib/modules/6.6.9-269.current/kernel/drivers/net/wireless directory, the "wl.ko" file was not found. The file present was "wl.ko.zst" - extracting that file results in the "wl.ko" file.

Once the file is extracted (I used Nemo and "open as root" to extract to the same directory), run "sudo modprobe wl" in a terminal and wifi started working for me.

Hope this helps, --TonyK.

isaacmateosv

tonyk Hi there! I appreciate your help.
I proceeded as stated not succeeding. Please be aware that this a white Macbook 4,1 (not Pro unibody model), and both "/etc/modules-load.d" and "/etc/modprobe.d" directories didn't even exist. So, I created them with the .conf files as well, nevertheless no results yet.

tonyk

In your reply to ReillyBrogan, you mention that you get a WiFi icon and can connect to your local network, but without internet access - to me, that seems to be a router issue, not a driver problem, but maybe I misunderstood.
If you have a WiFi icon, right-click on the icon and select "Connection Information" and it should show what driver is being used, your IP address, and other information which might help identify what is blocking your internet access.