Linksys WPC54GS v1.0

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Wireless-G Notebook Adapter with SpeedBooster™
Support	Support page
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Linksys WPC54GS v1.0
Serial number prefix	BGO0
Interface	PCMCIA (32-bit)
Connector	PCMCIA (32-bit)
ID:14e4:4320 (33 addl. devices) SS: 1737:4320 Windows: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4320&SUBSYS_43201737
FCCID	Q87-WPC54GV12, N89-WE603B
ICID	3839A-WPC54G12
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4306
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
OUI: 00:0F:66 (9 E, 26 W), 00:12:17 (17 E, 32 W)
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	CyberTAN WE602-BF
Probable Linux driver b43legacy or b43, depending on core revision (both are in backports) PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.17 (2006-06-18) (see also passys)
Retail
FCC approval date	12 November 2003
Country of manuf	China
FCC ID Linksys WPC54G v1.2 Q87-WPC54GV12   FCC ID CyberTAN WE603-B N89-WE603B
Chip1 brand Chip2 brand Linksys WPC54GS v1.0 Broadcom Broadcom Linksys WPC54GS v1.1 Broadcom Broadcom Linksys WPC54GS v2.0 Broadcom Linksys WPC54GS v2.1 Broadcom

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

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

• 54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = G54 class

Overview

WPC54GS v1.0 serial numbers appear to start with BGO0.

"3752-16020004" and "WE602-BF REV:XD" is silkscreened on the board.

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Notes

lspci -nnv dump

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Linksys WPC54G v1 / WPC54GS v1 802.11g Wireless-G Notebook Adapter [1737:4320]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        Memory at f1d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

ssb + b43 info dump

[97114.678673] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4306, rev 0x03 and package 0x00
[97114.678683] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[97114.678693] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x05, vendor 0x4243)
[97114.678702] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[97114.678712] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[97114.678722] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x09, vendor 0x4243)
[97114.682494] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:00.0
[97114.696349] b43-phy21: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[97114.717257] b43-phy21: Found PHY: Analog 2, Type 2 (G), Revision 2
[97114.741295] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PNL ]
[97114.742349] ieee80211 phy21: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[97114.917163] b43-phy21: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
[97114.978139] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan217: link is not ready