BT Wi-Fi Dongle N 300

bgn (N300)
BT Wi-Fi Dongle 300
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	BT Wi-Fi Dongle N 300
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	BT Wi-Fi Dongle 300
Model Part Number	075714
Interface	USB 2.0
Connector	Male A
Form factor	dongle
ID:0a5c:43a0 Windows: USB\VID_0A5C&PID_43A0
FCCID	none specified
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43235
OUI: none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	SGE
Probable Linux driver brcmfmac (after runtime device ID insertion) (see also passys)
Windows driver try 5.100.68.46 (possibly 6.30.145.26) for XP or 5.100.68.46 for Vista/Win7 not working? let me know
Retail
Availability	End of Life
(Est.) release date	July 2013
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD)	$38
EAN	5016351515150 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B00D84GVF8 ,  multiple uses

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented BT device with specifications, see BT.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics is the presumed manufacturer of this dongle (they make BT's other two newer dongles).

The drivers on the Windows Update (WinXP drivers) site seem to indicate the probable USB ID for the device is 0a5c:43a0. It is the only ID labeled as BT Wi-Fi Dongle in the driver set (the rest are labeled as BT Dual-Band Wi-Fi Dongle).

Additional specifications, per BT's datasheet, follow...

• Weight: 12.5 g
• Dimension:: 80 mm x 28 mm x 9 mm
• Giftbox barcode: 5016351515150
• Overpack (40x Giftbox) barcode: 05016351822258

Links of Interest

Support page

Drivers

On shop.bt.com

Datasheet

Notes

Get this baby running with brcmfmac / Linux support

1. /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43236b.bin
2. lsusb | grep Broadcom
   Bus 001 Device 035: ID 0a5c:43a0 Broadcom Corp.
3. modprobe brcmfmac
4. echo 0a5c 43a0 > /sys/bus/usb/drivers/brcmfmac/new_id
5. dmesg
[] usb 1-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 35 using ehci-pci
[] usb 1-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0a5c, idProduct=43a0
[] usb 1-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[] usb 1-1.4: Product: Remote Download Wireless Adapter
[] usb 1-1.4: Manufacturer: Broadcom
[] usb 1-1.4: SerialNumber: 000000000001
[] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[] usb 1-1.4: firmware: direct-loading firmware brcm/brcmfmac43236b.bin
[] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: 
   Firmware version = wl0: Nov 30 2011 17:33:42 version 5.90.188.22
[] usb 1-1.4 wlan13: renamed from wlan1