Netgear WN511B

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bgn (N300)
RangeMax NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter
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Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear WN511B
Interface	PCMCIA (32-bit)
Connector	PCMCIA (32-bit)
ID:14e4:4329 (12 addl. devices) SS: 1385:7b00 Windows: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_4329&SUBSYS_7B001385
FCCID	PY306200046, PY306100034, PY306200043
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4321
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2055
OUI: 00:14:6C (9 E, 18 W), 00:1F:33 (9 E, 12 W)
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standards	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Foxconn U12H047
Probable Linux driver b43 (in backports) or wl PCI ID first seen in kernel v2.6.25 (2008-04-17) (see also passys)
Retail
FCC approval date	12 April 2006
UPC	606449041521 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B000FFLYI2
Chip1 brand Chip2 brand Netgear WN511A Atheros Atheros Netgear WN511B Broadcom Broadcom Netgear WN511T Marvell Marvell

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

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

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA4390 (as of 07/02/2007)

lspci -nnv dump

06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4321 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4329] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Netgear WN511B RangeMax NEXT Wireless Notebook Adapter [1385:7b00]
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        Memory at f1d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

ssb + b43 info dump

[52485.372262] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4321, rev 0x01 and package 0x01
[52485.372286] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x12, vendor 0x4243)
[52485.372304] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x0B, vendor 0x4243)
[52485.372328] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI-E (cc 0x820, rev 0x02, vendor 0x4243)
[52485.372339] ssb: Core 3 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[52485.372349] ssb: Core 4 found: USB 1.1 Host (cc 0x817, rev 0x04, vendor 0x4243)
[52485.428357] b43-phy37: Broadcom 4321 WLAN found (core revision 11)
[52485.472187] b43-phy37: Found PHY: Analog 5, Type 4 (N), Revision 1
[52485.496366] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:06:00.0
[52485.496562] ieee80211 phy37: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[52485.720155] b43-phy37: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
[52485.816896] b43-phy37 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
[52485.816899] b43-phy37 ERROR: This device does not support DMA on your system. It will now be switched to PIO.
[52485.816901] b43-phy37: Controller RESET (DMA error) ...
[52486.032106] b43-phy37: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
[52486.108190] b43-phy37 warning: Forced PIO by use_pio module parameter. This should not be needed and will result in lower performance.
[52486.128908] b43-phy37: Controller restarted
[52486.129278] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan141: link is not ready