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b43 [2009/11/09 16:51] – Ubuntu 9.10 support darkaudax | b43 [2010/12/01 12:02] – supported IDs table and wl blacklisting note sleek | ||
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- | 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 14e4:4313 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:4321 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:4324 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:4325 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:4328 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:4329 | + | |
- | * PCI ID 14e4:432b | + | |
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: | ||
+ | |14e4:4312| ::: | G only | | ||
+ | |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===== | ||
- | 2.6.24 kernels and newer don't need any patches applied to the driver itself. The only patch that is needed (for fragmentation attack support) is the standard mac80211 frag+ack patch. | + | 2.6.24 kernels and newer don't need any patches applied to the driver itself |
- | If you have the card with the 14e4:4315 PCI ID, then you need to install the compat-wireless package, since today' | + | |
+ | **Important note: | ||
+ | sudo update-initramfs -u | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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===== | ||
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See this forum entry: http:// | See this forum entry: http:// | ||
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b43.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/22 00:15 by mister_x