Can't get b43 or r8169 driver working in installation

Hello Arch Linux Form users! This is my first post.
I have been using Arch for a few months now on my netbook but now I am trying to install it on my larger laptop.
The problem I am having is I cannot get the b43 driver working during the installation to get wifi.
I also cannot get the r8169 driver working for LAN.
Any help would be appreciated!

I have an RTL8111/8168 and when I got the machine a couple years back, the r8169 module was just awful with it. I discovered the r8168 module in the official repos and that worked beautifully. So you may want to give that a whirl.
Since then I had to have the board replaced during a warranty repair. So after that I ended up with a seemingly different piece of hardware, as the r8169 module works just fine with it.
As for your wireless card, Broadcoms are kind of funky. There are three modules which support broadcom cards, none of which support them all. It is good to know about this page when deciding which to use. In your case, the b43 module should work, but that table indicates it is only partially supported (whatever that may mean). But you will need the b43-firmware as the wiki page ewaller linked to indicates.

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