April 18, 2026
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Only if you get it for free or under $5. For the same Mini PCIe slot, a Realtek RTL8821AE or an Intel 7260HMW offers dual-band 802.11ac and far better driver sanity. broadcom bcm94313hmg2l driver
Have you managed to get the BCM94313HMG2L working under a recent BSD or with OpenWrt? Let me know in the comments. #Broadcom #LinuxDrivers #Hackintosh #WiFi #HardwareDebug
Broadcom uses different firmware blobs for the 4313 depending on whether the card is connected via SDIO or PCIe. For this card (PCIe variant), you actually need brcmfmac4313-pcie.bin . April 18, 2026 5 minutes Only if you
You’ll likely hit the infamous “Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac4313-sdio.bin failed” error.
At first glance, it looks promising: 2.4/5 GHz support, decent Linux compatibility on paper, and a cheap price tag. But getting this specific chipset (BCM4313) to play nicely—especially outside of a pure Linux environment—can be surprisingly painful. Let me know in the comments
If you’ve recently salvaged a Wi-Fi card from a low-end Windows laptop or purchased a “dual-band 802.11n” mini PCIe adapter on a budget, you might have encountered the .
The kernel recognizes the PCIe device and loads brcmfmac .