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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – I recently installed Fedora 17 and the broadcom-wl (akmod-wl driver) (following the instructions here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239922). This worked for a time until running a system update at which point "Wireless" no longer shows up in my Network manager. I have removed and reinstalled the akmod-wl driver to no avail (theoretically, exactly what one would expect since this is the akmod vs. kmod version). Attempts to load the module via command: modprobe wl gives the following error: FATAL: Module wl not found. I have tried rebuilding the akmod with (HowTos)

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