On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <ha...@hauke-m.de> wrote:
> On 03/29/2013 01:47 AM, Chirag Chhatriwala wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <ha...@hauke-m.de > > <mailto:ha...@hauke-m.de>> wrote: > > > > > > You need the bgmac Ethernet driver and wifi should be supported by > b43, > > brcmsmac or wl. The 5GHz wifi will not work in 5GHz mode and it could > > work in 2.4 GHZ mode with b43. > > > > Select a profile with "all Ethernet" or "bgmac Ethernet". > > > > Hauke > > > > > > Strange, I thought the 5GHz wifi would work with broadcom-wl driver as > > it is expected. > > Am I missing something? > > > No, broacom-wl only supports old wifi devices and no new cores released > in the last ~4 years. The 5GHz wifi supports 450MBit/s so it is a > BCM4331 with a HT-Phy and this is only supported by b43 with ieee80211g > rates and in the 2.4 GHz band. This wifi will probably not work at all > because it was not designed and programmed to be used in the 2.4GHz > band. The 2.4GHz wifi of the BCM4718 should work with b43, brcmsmac or > broadcom-wl. > > Hauke > Okay I get that. So basically on the E4200 I will have Ethernet (as a result of bgmac), WiFi only on the SoC (BCM4718A1 integrated WiFi) , 2.4 GHz WiFi on the BCM4331 (through b43 or wl) but not 5 GHz ? So what I understand is full 450 Mbps 5 Ghz WiFi support is still lacking for (newer) broadcom based hardware. That is quite a bummer. That has me questioning is there any OpenWrt roadmap on supporting the broadcom based 5 Ghz chips? Also, the new hardware (based on BCM4706) will support Ethernet (due to bgmac) but the WiFi is still a question mark. Also, the BCM4706 boards are not WiSoCs from what I understand (no integrated wifi). Its BCM4360/BCM4331 (RTN66U) and BCM4360/BCM4331 (EA4500). Any plans of making the drivers more current/up-to-date now that 802.11an+ac hardware is gaining momentum. PS. My CP2102 USB to UART is blown and I'm waiting to receive another one. Do I just connect the TX, RX and GND? And the TX (on router) connects to RX (on UART module) and vice versa or is it simple TX to TX and RX to RX? We're still talking about the E4200. Thanks.
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