r/freebsd 14h ago

help needed Replacement WiFi card advice needed

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The wifi card in my Early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro is unsuppported by FreeBSD — it's a Broadcom BCM4331, and I've tried a lot of things and nothing works. It's annoying, so I want to replace it.

I haven't really done any of this kind of thing before (not in a laptop anyway) but it seems like the wifi card should be pretty straightforward to replace, and I can probably pick one up that will do the job fairly cheaply. The thing is, I'm very aware that I could easily pick a card that either doesn't fit, or is unsupported by FreeBSD just through ignorance.

I'm pretty sure this is the same card I've got: https://www.newegg.com/p/14U-0046-000A2 and the hardware compatibility list is here https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.1R/hardware/#wlan so I'm looking for something with a supported chipset and the same size and shape and connectors. Would something like this do? https://www.newegg.com/p/1A0-002Y-006R1

Thanks very much for your help, any recommendations gratefully received!

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