802.11n controller unable to detect 5Ghz wifi network
John W. Linville
linville at redhat.com
Mon Feb 18 14:51:12 UTC 2013
Is that handled by the b43 driver? That driver doesn't support the 5GHz
band.
John
On Sun, 2013-02-17 at 18:11 +1100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
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> Hi folks,
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> My laptop has a wifi controller that lsusb reports as:
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> 12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
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> Since it's an 802.11n controller, shouldn't it be able to see 5Ghz wifi
> networks? (I looked up on the wiki[1]).=20
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> Could someone please confirm and I'll go file a bug (RFE)? I think the
> broadcom drivers are still a work in progress, so it's quite possible
> that this is already in the TODO list. A confirmation would be great.
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> [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11#Protocols
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> Warm regards,
> Ankur: "FranciscoD"
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