Linksys WPC54G v1.0

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'Instant Wireless' Wireless-G Notebook Adapter
Support	Support page
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Linksys WPC54G v1.0
Series	WPC54G
Serial number prefix	B30, BDH0
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	PKW-WPC54G
ICID	3839A-WPC54G
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4306
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
OUI: 00:06:25 (13 E, 21 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	BroMax WE600-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	13 December 2002
Chip1 brand Chip2 brand Linksys WPC54G v1.0 Broadcom Broadcom Linksys WPC54G v1.1 Broadcom Broadcom Linksys WPC54G v1.2 Broadcom Broadcom Linksys WPC54G v2 Texas Instruments Radia Linksys WPC54G v3.0 Broadcom Linksys WPC54G v3.1 Broadcom Linksys WPC54G v4 Inprocomm RFMD Linksys WPC54G v5 Marvell Marvell Linksys WPC54G v7 Atheros

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

WPC54G v1.0 serial numbers appear to start with B30 or BDH0.

See also: Linksys WPC54G series

lspci -nnv dump

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 02)
        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 + b43legacy info dump

[41487.034681] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4306, rev 0x02 and package 0x00
[41487.034691] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.034701] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.034710] ssb: Core 2 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.034720] ssb: Core 3 found: V90 (cc 0x807, rev 0x01, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.034730] ssb: Core 4 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.034739] ssb: Core 5 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[41487.038454] b43legacy-phy34: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 4)
[41487.090002] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:00.0
[41487.090014] b43legacy-phy34: Loading firmware b43legacy/ucode4.fw
[41487.090059] b43legacy-phy34: Loading firmware b43legacy/pcm4.fw
[41487.090075] b43legacy-phy34: Loading firmware b43legacy/b0g0initvals2.fw
[41487.090192] ieee80211 phy34: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[41487.505662] b43legacy-phy34: Loading firmware version 0x127, patch level 14 (2005-04-18 02:36:27)
[41487.578141] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan138: link is not ready