On 18.08.2013 21:10, Chirag Chhatriwala wrote:
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> Last i checked broadcom-wl didn't support the 5ghz band on that device (i 
> think). Is this still the case?
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Broadcom support is difficult to determine because PCI ID isn't enough (quote 
debian wiki):

1st: You have a (radio) core revision (1 ... 29 )

broadcom-wl can contain different revisions and 
capabilities because of size contraints 
-> i don't know if it contains firmware for your core rev / chip (BCM4331)

example:
core rev 1 - (b43legacy)
core rev 2 - (b43legacy)
core rev 3 - (b43legacy) BCM4306
core rev 4 - (b43legacy) BCM4306
----
core rev 5 - BCM4306
core rev 6 - b43
core rev 7 - b43 BCM4712
core rev 8 - b43
core rev 9 - b43 BCM5352E
core rev 10 - b43 BCM4311
core rev 11 - b43 BCM4321
core rev 12 - BCM4321
----
core rev 13 - b43 BCM5354
core rev 15 - b43 BCM4312
core rev 16 - b43 BCM4322
core rev 17 - BCM4716B0, BCM4718A1
core rev 22 -
core rev 24 - BCM43236
core rev 26 - 
core rev 28 - BCM47186B0, BCM5357B0
core rev 29 - b43 , BCM4331

2nd: you have PHY chipsets : LCN ist broken , HT PHY isnt supported yet in free 
drivers

3rd: additionally to radio core rev trouble there are hardware revision issues

BCM43236 v2 will not get brcmsmac/brcmfmac support from Broadcom Linux directly
source: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg90881.html
see wikidevi Link for potentially affected routers (Linksys E3200, Netgear 
WNDR3400v2)

So it could take a while to figure out if it is indeed supported ... :/

Sources:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Broadcom
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Corerev_List

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