Finally I've solved the problem myself, but I'm not sure how. I was about to compile the driver with the source from broadcom.com and instructions provided in _sta/README.txt, but at this step of the instructions
After you've uninstalled b43-fwcutter reboot your computer. NB if you've no access to a wired network on your machine you will need to download the b43-fwcutter package manually from here, as well as your card's driver from here. My card is the 4311 so I download the broadcom-wl-4-150-10.5.tar.bz2.
Broadcom Bcm43xx For Mac
An Internet connection is the ideal way to install the broadcom-wl driver; many newer laptops with Broadcom cards forgo Ethernet ports, so a USB Ethernet adapter or Android tethering may be helpful. If you have neither, you will need to first install the base-devel package during installation. Then, use another Internet-connected computer to download linux-headers and the driver tarball from the AUR, and install them in that order.
This is confirmed as working 100% on my Macbook Pro (Mid 2014 model). The model you have of Macbook (or Mac Mini or macbook air etc) will determine exactly what broadcom chipset you have. You can find out what exact chipset you have by using the lspci command at the terminal window. You will get a list of all pci devices connected to your system. Look in the list to find your broadcom device. On my mid 2014 model Macbook Pro the device is BCM4360
I have installed the broadcom-wl package and it worked for a night. Since then it broke and the only change I noticed is that ip link says is now "dormant". I have been trying a lot of things from forum posts since then so it is possible that that isn't the only issue. I'm absolutely loving Archlinux so far, so I would really appreciate the help in getting this running.
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der_vegi, it seems quite a few changes for the broadcom b43 driver went in between 2.6.24-10 and 2.6.24-11. Refer to: +source/linux/ . Just curious how comfortable you are building your own kernel and doing a git bisect to help narrow down the specific offending patch that may be causing you issues? The following links may help:
The thing that happened between -10 and -11 was that a patch to the module "ssb" was applied, to let the revision 02 of the broadcom card 4311 work. (though it does not work well, since I have continuous disconnects)
I think I have the same sort of problem on my acer aspire 5023 notebook with a broadcom 4318 wireless chipset.After I freshly installed Ubuntu Hardy from the live disk and installed acer_acpi and the b43 driver the wireless worked.(but the range treble!)after some ubuntu-updates it stopped working in total. I tried installing the old bcm43xx-fwcutter and the ndiswrapper but these two also don't work. It still sees the wireless networks but when I try to connect... I see that blue thing rotating at the nm-applet but those lights stay gray... no green :( 2ff7e9595c
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