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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
41 .Cd "device wlan_amrr"
42 .\".Cd "device firmware"
45 Alternatively, to load the driver as a
46 module at boot time, place the following line in
48 .Bd -literal -offset indent
54 driver provides support for Broadcom BCM43xx based
55 PCI/CardBus network adapters.
62 Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
63 For more information on configuring this device, see
66 This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
68 .Pa dports/sysutils/devfw-bwn
69 port needs to be installed before
74 kernel module from the port should be used.
75 However, if an LP (low power) PHY is being used, the
77 module should be used.
81 driver supports Broadcom BCM43xx based wireless devices, including:
82 .Bl -column "Apple Airport Extreme" "BCM4306" "Mini PCI" "a/b/g"
83 .It Em "Card" Ta Em "Chip" Ta Em "Bus" Ta Em "Standard"
84 .It "Apple Airport Extreme BCM4318 PCI b/g"
85 .It "ASUS WL-138g BCM4318 PCI b/g"
86 .It "Buffalo WLI-CB-G54S BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
87 .It "Dell Wireless 1390 BCM4311 Mini PCI b/g"
88 .It "Dell Wireless 1470 BCM4318 Mini PCI b/g"
89 .It "Dell Truemobile 1400 BCM4309 Mini PCI b/g"
90 .It "HP Compaq 6715b BCM4312 PCI b/g"
91 .It "HP nx6125 BCM4319 PCI b/g"
92 .It "Linksys WPC54G Ver 3 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
93 .It "Linksys WPC54GS Ver 2 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
94 .It "US Robotics 5411 BCM4318 CardBus b/g"
97 .\"Users of older Broadcom chipsets (BCM4301, BCM4303 and BCM4306 rev 2)
100 .\"because the v4 version of the firmware does not support these chips.
101 .\"The newer firmware is too big to fit into these old chips.
103 Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
104 .Bd -literal -offset indent
105 ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
109 Join a specific BSS network with network name
112 .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwn0 ssid my_net up"
114 Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
115 .Bd -literal -offset indent
116 ifconfig wlan create wlandev bwn0 ssid my_net \e
117 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
120 Tunables can be set at the
122 prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
124 .Bl -tag -width indent
125 .It Va hw.bwn.msi.enable
126 By default, the driver will use MSI if it is supported.
127 This behavior can be turned off by setting this tunable to 0.
129 This tunable enables DMA operations on the hardware.
130 If the value is 0, PIO mode would be used.
131 The default value is 1.
147 driver first appeared in
153 driver was written by
154 .An Weongyo Jeong Aq Mt weongyo@FreeBSD.org .
156 .\"Some card based on the BCM4306 and BCM4309 chips do not work properly
157 .\"on channel 1, 2 and 3.
159 Some LP PHY devices have DMA operation problems.
160 In that case try to use the PIO mode.