Rocky 9.x Issues while connecting to some wireless networks using Broadcom wireless

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For messages such as below repeated multiple times in '/var/log/messages':

    Feb 25 13:45:28 barjatiyarklp wpa_supplicant[1660]: wlp3s0: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-FAILED ret=-22 retry=1

followed by one time messages such as:

    Feb 25 13:45:35 barjatiyarklp NetworkManager[1292]: <info>  [1708848935.5232] device (wlp3s0): state change: activated -> failed (reason 'ssid-not-found', sys-iface-state: 'managed')
    Feb 25 13:45:35 barjatiyarklp NetworkManager[1292]: <warn>  [1708848935.5249] device (wlp3s0): Activation: failed for connection 'JioFiber-c53B1_5G'

in systems with wireless card as shown in 'lspci' as:

    03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)

We can solve by:

1. Create a file named '/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/broadcom_wl.conf' with:

   [device]
   match-device=driver:iwlwifi
   wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

2. Reboot the machine and observe

Refer:

• https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=235916

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