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b43 [2010/11/14 17:56] – add update-initramfs note sleek | b43 [2010/12/01 14:05] – [Is My Card Supported?] fix duplicate VID sleek | ||
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====== b43 ====== | ====== b43 ====== | ||
- | b43 is the new driver for wireless cards with Broadcom chipsets. It performs quite well in terms of monitoring and injection, although it has no support for the 802.11a wireless band. | + | b43/ |
b43 is a [[mac80211]] driver, so it requires at least Aircrack-ng 1.0-rc1. | b43 is a [[mac80211]] driver, so it requires at least Aircrack-ng 1.0-rc1. | ||
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===== Is My Card Supported? ===== | ===== Is My Card Supported? ===== | ||
- | A fairly up-to-date list is kept [[http:// | + | A fairly up-to-date list is kept [[http:// |
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- | ^ PCI ID ^ Device ID ^Product Name ^ | + | |
- | |14e4: | + | |
- | |14e4:4321| | | | + | |
- | |14e4:4324| | | | + | |
- | |14e4:4325| | | | + | |
- | |14e4: | + | |
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To determine the PCI ID of your wireless device under linux, enter: | To determine the PCI ID of your wireless device under linux, enter: | ||
- | lspci -nn | + | lspci -vnn | grep 14e4 |
+ | |||
+ | //Supported VIDs table// | ||
+ | ^ PCI ID ^ Driver ^Note^ | ||
+ | |14e4: | ||
+ | |14e4:4313| ::: | 2.6.33+ | | ||
+ | |14e4:4315| ::: | 2.6.33+ | | ||
+ | |14e4:4301| b43legacy | B | | ||
+ | |14e4:4306| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4:4320| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4: | ||
+ | |14e4:4312| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4:4318| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4:4319| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4:4320| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |14e4:5354| ::: | G | | ||
+ | |||
+ | If your device ID is NOT listed here, it means it is not supported by aircrack-ng at this time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **IMPORTANT** | ||
- | Also, if the PCI ID of your card is **14e4: | + | Some chips are covered by both the "b43" |
=====Installing the drivers===== | =====Installing the drivers===== | ||
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sudo update-initramfs -u | sudo update-initramfs -u | ||
- | If you have a card with the 14e4:4315 PCI ID, then you need to install the compat-wireless package, since today' | + | If you have a card with the 14e4:4315 PCI ID and a kernel lower than 2.6.33, you need to install the compat-wireless package, since today' |
=====Installing the firmware===== | =====Installing the firmware===== |
b43.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/22 00:15 by mister_x