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coreplayer2:
A Belkin N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter


Wireless NIC Chip = Broadcom BCM4323
USB ID = 050d:615a
PCI ID =
OEM & Model as tested = Belkin Components F9L1101 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter
HW rev =A02
Interface = USB 2.0
WLAN standard [802.11] = 802.11 a/b/g/n
Frequency Band = 2.4GHz
Security =  WPA/WPA2
Tested with kernel = 3.0.21-tinycore
Tested with Wifi.tcz = Y
Required Extensions = ndiswrapper.tcz
Notes = WPS (not tested) 

* Best Signal strength of all tested
* Up to 300mbps and 1400 feet range
* Used Blacklist boot codes for ssb, b43 and bcma during testing (eg: blacklist=bmca blacklist=b43 etc etc)
* A little bulky

Juanito:
[edit] Here's one that only works with the wl driver and only when wpa_supplicant is run in the foreground

Wireless NIC Chip = Broadcom Corporation BCM43228
USB ID =
PCI ID = 14e4:4359
OEM & Model as tested = Dell Wireless 1530 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
HW rev = ??
Interface = PCI
WLAN standard [802.11] = 802.11a/b/g/n
Frequency Band = 2.4 & 5GHz
Security (1) = WPA2
Tested with kernel = 3.0.21-tinycore
Tested with Wifi.tcz = N
Required Extensions (2) =
Notes

As per http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43: this hardware is not tested, but should work with the broadcom wl driver.

As per http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php:
--- Quote ---These packages contain Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux® device driver for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43224-, and BCM43225-, BCM43227- and BCM43228-based hardware.
--- End quote ---

.and it looks like it should work:
--- Code: ---lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
wl 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
wl 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
eth1: Broadcom BCM4359 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.112
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
--- End code ---
..but it only seems to work with wpa_supplicant run in the foreground

..and with the latest ndiswrapper release candidate (which adds additional ndis commands required for this device) and the driver from here http://ftp1.us.dell.com/FOLDER00436179M/1/Network_Driver_PP4MX_WN_A02.EXE:
--- Code: ---ndiswrapper version 1.58rc1 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,10/26/2011, 5.100.82.112) loaded
ndiswrapper 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ndiswrapper 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
ndiswrapper: using IRQ 17
wlan0: ethernet device 64:27:37:22:ab:51 using NDIS driver: bcmwl5, version: 0x5645270, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 14E4:4359.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
--- End code ---
..it still doesn't work  :(

Rich:
While the Wiki was set up for known working devices, it might be worthwhile to list devices that
are known not to work.

coreplayer2:
I think it's equally important to indicate both those which are function and those not compatible.  thanks for the info, am thinking we need another category in the wiki to show non compatible devices.   

If Juanito can't get the device to function then there's not likely much chance of anyone getting it to perform, clearly valuable info.

Thanks

Juanito:
I looked at the Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 again.

This doesn't work:
--- Code: --- sudo wpa_supplicant -B -i eth1 -c/etc/wpa_configure.conf
sleep x
sudo udhcpc -b -i eth1 -h boxdell -p /var/run/udhcpc.eth1.pid
--- End code ---
..for any value of x I tried.

.and this clearly doesn't work:
--- Code: ---$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dbroadcom -i eth1 -c/etc/wpa_configure.conf
Unsupported driver 'broadcom'.

$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dndiswrapper -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_configure.conf
Unsupported driver 'ndiswrapper'
--- End code ---

..but this does work:
--- Code: ---$ sudo wpa_supplicant -dd -i eth1 -c/etc/wpa_configure.conf
[from a different terminal window]
$ sudo udhcpc -b -i eth1 -h boxdell -p /var/run/udhcpc.eth1.pid
--- End code ---
..but only for the wl driver and not ndiswrapper

It doesn't seem logical that running wpa_supplicant in the foreground should change anything, but yet it does  ???

I'll modify the original post.

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