Broadcom BCM94371ZAE

abgn+ac (AC1200)
802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN + Bluetooth PCI-E/SDIO NGFF 2230 Card
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Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Broadcom BCM94371ZAE
Interface	SDIO
Connector	M.2
Form factor	2230
ID:14e4:440d
FCCID	QDS-BRCM1090
ICID	4324A-BRCM1090
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4371E
OUI: none specified
Antenna Connection	MHF4
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300/300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Foxconn U98H130 .01
Flags: Bluetooth
UART	has accessible UART
Probable Linux driver brcmfmac (see also passys)
Retail
Availability	reference design
FCC approval date	29 January 2016

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

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

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

From the FCC documents...

• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, HT20/HT40/VHT20/VHT40/VHT80, WLAN (2TX, 2RX)
• Bluetooth 4.0 BR/EDR/LE, (1TX,1RX), Chain1 (FCC SAR Test Report)
• Multiple modules are covered by this FCC ID.
  • BCM94371Z (EUT1) - M.2 (E Key) PCIe/USB interface
  • BCM94371Z (EUT2) - M.2 (E Key) PCIe/USB/SDIO/UART
  • BCM94371ZAE (EUT3) - M.2 (A/E Key) PCIe/USB

Noted use of this reference design

• Foxconn U98H130.00 (CoO: China), BCM94371ZAEH1
  • HP P/N: 843224-001, SPS#/#SA: 8435490-001, HW: 13, FW: 01
  • OUIs: A8:A7:95, 30:F7:72 (Eng. Sample)
• Foxconn U98H130.01 (CoO: China), BCM94371ZAEH3
  • HP P/N: 849915-001, SPS#/#SA: 849915-001, HW: 14, FW: 01
  • OUIs: 44:1C:A8 (label)

Software support

Linux support

BCM4317x is supported by brcmfmac. [1].

brcm80211: include Broadcom BCM4371 firmware on the debian-kernel mailing list

+ brcm/brcmfmac4371-pcie.bin
 longdesc: wireless network cards supported 
 by the brcmsmac or brcmfmac driver
+ use_fw bcm4371-bt-uart (brcm/BCM4371C2)
+ use_fw bcm4371-sdio

iw phy

iw phy Wiphy phy0 max # scan SSIDs: 10 max scan IEs length: 2048 bytes max # sched scan SSIDs: 16 max # match sets: 16 max # scan plans: 1 max scan plan interval: 508 max scan plan iterations: 0 Retry short limit: 7 Retry long limit: 4 Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m) Device supports roaming. Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0 Supported interface modes: * IBSS * managed * AP * P2P-client * P2P-GO * P2P-device Band 1: Capabilities: 0x1022 HT20/HT40 Static SM Power Save RX HT20 SGI No RX STBC Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 16 usec (0x07) HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15 Frequencies: * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm) * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm) * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm) * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm) * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm) * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm) * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm) * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm) * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm) * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm) * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm) * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) Band 2: Capabilities: 0x1062 HT20/HT40 Static SM Power Save RX HT20 SGI RX HT40 SGI No RX STBC Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes DSSS/CCK HT40 Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003) Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 16 usec (0x07) HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15 VHT Capabilities (0x0c015820): Max MPDU length: 3895 Supported Channel Width: neither 160 nor 80+80 short GI (80 MHz) SU Beamformer SU Beamformee VHT RX MCS set: 1 streams: MCS 0-9 2 streams: MCS 0-9 3 streams: not supported 4 streams: not supported 5 streams: not supported 6 streams: not supported 7 streams: not supported 8 streams: not supported VHT RX highest supported: 0 Mbps VHT TX MCS set: 1 streams: MCS 0-9 2 streams: MCS 0-9 3 streams: not supported 4 streams: not supported 5 streams: not supported 6 streams: not supported 7 streams: not supported 8 streams: not supported VHT TX highest supported: 0 Mbps Frequencies: * 5170 MHz [34] (disabled) * 5180 MHz [36] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5190 MHz [38] (disabled) * 5200 MHz [40] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5210 MHz [42] (disabled) * 5220 MHz [44] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5230 MHz [46] (disabled) * 5240 MHz [48] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5260 MHz [52] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5280 MHz [56] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5300 MHz [60] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5320 MHz [64] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5500 MHz [100] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5520 MHz [104] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5540 MHz [108] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5560 MHz [112] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5580 MHz [116] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5600 MHz [120] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5620 MHz [124] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5640 MHz [128] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5660 MHz [132] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5680 MHz [136] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5700 MHz [140] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5720 MHz [144] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection) * 5745 MHz [149] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5765 MHz [153] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5785 MHz [157] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5805 MHz [161] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) * 5825 MHz [165] (20.0 dBm) (no IR) valid interface combinations: * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1, #{ P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 1, total <= 3, #channels <= 2 * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ AP } <= 1, #{ P2P-client } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1, total <= 4, #channels <= 1

Windows support

Possibly useful link @ DriverAgent, which appears to link to some .cab files available from Windows Update