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differences in the entry: vendor
Broadcom
differences in the entry: model name
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
103c:1375 Hewlett-Packard Company Device
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
14e4:4311
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
PCI-E
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
gnewsense_2_3 , trisquel_3_5 , trisquel_4_0 , trisquel_5_5
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.31-22-generic, 3.0.0-17-generic
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
no
differences in the entry: free driver used
b43-pci-bridge
differences in the entry: Description
[p]The wifi card does not work out of the box. Pay attention to the [b]revision number[/b] of the wifi card. The revision [b]02 does not work[/b] while the revision 01 of the same model should work (as indicated in [a]http://leorockway.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/free-broadcom/ | this[/a] tutorial).[/p]
[p][a]http://www.h-node.org/meet/user/en/rsandu| rsandu[/a]: I may confirm that [b]revision 01 does work[/b] out of the box (on a Dell Inspiron 1520 PP22L). Test was made on Trisquel 5.0 (LiveCD), kernel 2.6.38-11-generic.[/p]
[p][a]http://h-node.org/meet/user/en/lammi87| lammi87:[/a] Tested revision 01 on Acer TravelMate 7520 and it worked out of the box.[/p]
[p]lspci -vmmnn [b](revision 01)[/b][/p]
[code]
Slot: 05:00.0
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
Device: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [4311]
SVendor: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. [1468]
SDevice: Device [0422]
Rev: 01
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[p]lspci -nnk [b](revision 01)[/b][/p]
[code]
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
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[p]lspci -vmmnn [b](revision 02)[/b][/p]
[code]
Slot: 01:00.0
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
Device: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [4311]
SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c]
SDevice: BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [1375]
Rev: 02
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[p]lspci -nnk [b](revision 02)[/b][/p]
[code]
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company BCM4311 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [103c:1375]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
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