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32 .Nd Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver
34 To compile this driver into the kernel,
35 place the following lines in your
36 kernel configuration file:
37 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
40 .Cd "device wlan_amrr"
44 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
45 module at boot time, place the following line in
47 .Bd -literal -offset indent
53 driver provides support for Broadcom BCM43xx based
54 PCI/CardBus network adapters.
61 Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
62 For more information on configuring this device, see
65 This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
67 .Pa ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod
68 port needs to be installed before
74 driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based wireless devices, including:
75 .Bl -column "Apple Airport Extreme" "BCM4306" "Mini PCI" "a/b/g" -offset 6n
76 .It Em "Card" Ta Em "Chip" Ta Em "Bus" Ta Em "Standard"
77 .It "Apple Airport Extreme BCM4306 PCI b/g"
78 .It "Apple Airport Extreme BCM4318 PCI b/g"
79 .It "ASUS WL-138g BCM4318 PCI b/g"
80 .It "Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
81 .It "Buffalo WLI-PCI-G54S BCM4306 PCI b/g"
82 .It "Compaq R4035 onboard BCM4306 PCI b/g"
83 .It "Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI b/g"
84 .It "Dell Wireless 1470 BCM4318 Mini PCI b/g"
85 .It "Dell Truemobile 1300 r2 BCM4306 Mini PCI b/g"
86 .It "Dell Truemobile 1400 BCM4309 Mini PCI b/g"
87 .It "HP nx6125 BCM4319 PCI b/g"
88 .It "Linksys WPC54G Ver 3 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
89 .It "Linksys WPC54GS Ver 2 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
90 .It "TRENDnet TEW-401PCplus BCM4306 CardBus b/g"
91 .It "US Robotics 5411 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
96 driver uses the older v3 version of Broadcom's firmware.
97 While this older firmware does support most BCM43xx parts, the
99 driver works better for the newer chips it supports.
102 driver if you are using older Broadcom chipsets (BCM4301, BCM4303 and
104 The v4 version of the firmware that
106 uses does not support these chips.
108 Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
109 .Bd -literal -offset indent
110 ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
114 Join a specific BSS network with network name
117 .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwi0 ssid my_net up"
119 Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
120 .Bd -literal -offset indent
121 ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwi0 ssid my_net \e
122 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
136 driver first appeared in
142 driver was written for DragonFly BSD by
144 and subsequently ported to
147 Some card based on the BCM4306 and BCM4309 chips do not work properly
148 on channel 1, 2 and 3.