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differences in the entry: vendor
Broadcom-Corporation
differences in the entry: model name
Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
14e4:4318
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified
differences in the entry: interface
not-specified
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_4_5 , trisquel_5_5 , trisquel_6_0
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
2.6.35.11-libre2, 3.0.0-17-generic 3.2.0-38-generic-pae
differences in the entry: does it work with free software?
yes
differences in the entry: free driver used
b43-pci-bridge
differences in the entry: Description
[p]Uses the ssb kernel module and dmesg says that it is missing free firmware. It doesn't seem to go to wireless power saving mode in powertop. If you saturate the link and the connection drops, you can try toggling the wifi hardware switch but once in a while it won't connect again and you'll need to sudo rmmod b43 ssb && sudo modprobe -a b43 ssb...[/p]
[p]Integrated in the Dell Latitude D610 (PP11L) notebook notebook, the Dell Latitude D510, and some HP dv5000 notebooks.[/p]
[p]lspci -vmmnn[/p]
[code]
Class: Network controller [0280]
Vendor: Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
Device: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [4318]
SVendor: Hewlett-Packard Company [103c]
SDevice: Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN [1356]
Rev: 02
[/code]
[p]lspci -nnk[/p]
[code]
Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN [103c:1356]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb
[/code]
Also works with the 3.0.0-17-generic kernel.
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