Gemtek WMIB-184G (HP)

bg (G54)
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Gemtek WMIB-184G (HP)
Interface	Mini PCIe
Connector	Mini PCIe
ID:14e4:4311 (5 addl. devices) SS: 103c:1363 Windows: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4311&SUBSYS_1363103C
FCCID	QDS-BRCM1020
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4311
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
OUI: 00:14:A5 (3 E, 25 W), 00:1A:73 (-, 12 W)
Antenna Connection	U.FL
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b/g
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Gemtek
Probable Linux driver b43 (in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.20 (2007-02-04) (see also passys)
Retail
FCC approval date	22 July 2005
Country of manuf	China
FCC ID ASUS WL-170g QDS-BRCM1020 Broadcom BCM94311MCG QDS-BRCM1020 Dell Wireless 1390 (DW1390) QDS-BRCM1020 Foxconn T60H938 QDS-BRCM1020 Gemtek WMIB-184GW QDS-BRCM1020 Gemtek WMIB-217G (HP) QDS-BRCM1020

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

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

• 54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = G54 class

Overview

HP AS # 395261-001

HP SPS # 407107-001, 407254-001

Notes

lspci -nnv dump

05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1363]
        Physical Slot: 1
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        Memory at f1d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

ssb + b43 info dump

[121154.585427] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4311, rev 0x01 and package 0x00
[121154.585453] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x11, vendor 0x4243)
[121154.585473] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0A, vendor 0x4243)
[121154.585501] ssb: Core 2 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x03, vendor 0x4243)
[121154.585520] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[121154.649483] b43-phy36: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 10)
[121154.697302] b43-phy36: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 8
[121154.721537] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:05:00.0
[121154.721731] ieee80211 phy36: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[121154.949347] b43-phy36: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
[121155.035137] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan167: link is not ready