I have recently installed Arch Linux for the first time, and I am having extreme difficulty setting up my Wi-Fi.
The physical hardware and drivers are there, and listed by the computer via lspci -k:
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
And this is the output ip link:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:24:e8:9f:a2:a3 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
00:00.0
See the problem? There is a device, and drivers, but no wlan0 interface.
Now, I have read a few articles about it, but none had circumstances like mine.
What is the recommended way to do this (I have wifi-menu installed, but it is having issues)?
Are there files I can create, or will I need to do something more along the lines of
ip address add
Edit: In response to some comments, I have checked extensively to make sure my drivers are correct and up to date. I am pretty sure I need to somehow generate an interface for the device, or something to that effect.
dmesgcommand) for driver initialization status and error messages. A firmware load failure is a common reason for wifi unavailability.dmesg, and it seems I have three b43-related error messages. Thank you for your help.