On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:55 +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> I'm taking the liberty of copying this back to the list because the
> answer may interest some there too.
>
> > I tried this on my laptop and got this result :-
> >
> > $ lspci -n | grep 14e4
> > 00:0a.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03)
> > 00:0c.0 0200: 14e4:169c (rev 03)
> > $
> >
> > Could explain what this means
>
> -n makes lspci print numbers instead of looking the numbers up in its
> database and printing text. 14e4 is the vendor ID for Broadcom,
> although here grep would find it anywhere on the line, e.g. as a device
> ID.
>
> Another way of achieving something similar is to do
>
> $ lspci -vmmnn |
> > awk 'BEGIN {RS = ""} /Vendor:[^[]+*\[1023\]/ {print $0, "\n"}'
> Slot: 01:00.0
> Class: VGA compatible controller [0300]
> Vendor: Trident Microsystems [1023]
> Device: CyberBlade/i1 [8500]
> SVendor: Trident Microsystems [1023]
> SDevice: CyberBlade/i1 [8500]
>
> $
>
> Change the 1023 to 14e4 to look for Broadcom on your machine. This way
> you get any subsystem IDs too;
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_ID#Standardized_registers
>
> > and whether this might possibly explain why I've never managed to get
> > the Wi-Fi working on here under Linux, any thoughts ?
>
> That machine's still 10.04? `lsb_release -r'. 10.10 would be the first
> move before investigating further I'd have thought. If it still doesn't
> work https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx suggests
> looking at the already-available propritary drivers, that's if you've
> 43xx hardware.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph.
>
>
Not quite sure what happened here: I was asking about 802.11n with
respect to Belkin and seem to have got caught up in another
conversation.
But it's somehow relevant. I bought a Belkin F5D7051 instead of a
F5D7050 and there is a world of difference:
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Belkin
The 7050 that I used was a realtek chipset, and the 7051 is Broadcom,
and doesn't work. I am struggling with it. (anyone want it, while I buy
a 7050?)
I am now going to try the driver from John Coopers email of 20/2 and the
link to broadcom.
The problem is that I have to revert to teh zyxel unit to get on-line to
do anything, then test with the Belkin.
btw: with the Belkin f5D7051 in, this is my output from lspci
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port
(virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL
Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev
01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] RAID bus
controller 180 SATA/PATA [SiS] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX
440] (rev a3)
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$ lspci
No sign of it.
lsusb currently gives:
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0586:3410 ZyXEL Communications Corp. ZyAIR G-202
802.11bg
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$
-- and a quick swap:
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 4317:0711 Broadcom Corp. Belkin F5D7051 v3000
802.11g
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
peterm@peterm-desktop:~$
Peter M.
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