WLAN Software Release Notes

Date: 02-Apr-2012

Package Series: 0510.0305.0000

Copyright 2001-2010 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom Confidential and Proprietary

1. Package Naming Convention

XXX_AABB.CCDD.EEFF.GGHH_Description_OsSupport Where: XXX = Customer acronym AABB.CCDD.EEFF.GGHH = Package Version o AABB: Branch field, value denotes the main SW branch. o CCDD: Milestone field, SW release identifier comprising: CC = Major value DD = Minor value o EEFF Characterization field, identifies supported product type and customer: EE = Product Identifier: PC NIC Windows = 00 PC SDI Windows = 01 PC USB Windows = 02 PC NIC Linux = 10 PC SDI Linux = 11 PC USB Linux = 12 FF = Customer Identifier o GGHH Sequence Field, defines the build state and iteration. GG = Build State: Engineering = 00 Alpha = 01 Beta = 02 RC = 03 Gold = 04 HH = Build Iteration, increments for each delivery in the same Build State. Description = Release Name, providing a brief description of purpose OsSupport = A string of appended acronyms indicating OS support: W8 = Win8 W7 = Win7 Vst = WinVista Xp = WinXP Lnx = Linux

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2. Overview
This delivery provides the latest Broadcom software release, and includes the following packages: Setup.exe INF_DriverOnly = Driver & BCM Service Setup Package = Driver Only

The version numbers for the software components are as follows: Application/installer: STA Driver: STA INF: 5.100.196.18 5.100.196.18 5.100.196.18

The release includes WHQL-signed CAT files from Microsoft and is intended for production purposes. For newly added: Features see section 4 Adapters see section 6 Resolved observations see section 11

For existing: Features see section 0 Adapters see section 5 Known observations see section 10 Operating Systems see section 8

This software supports the following languages:

Brazilian Portuguese European Portuguese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese

English German Italian International Spanish

Japanese Korean Thai Danish

Dutch Finnish Norwegian French

Swedish Polish Greek -

Hungarian Turkish Russian -

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3. Existing Features
Driver Support:
Feature IEEE 802.11a Description Supports all IEEE 802.11a mandatory modes and data rates up to 54Mbps

IEEE 802.11b

Supports all IEEE 802.11b mandatory modes and data rates (i.e. 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps) Supports all IEEE 802.11g mandatory modes and data rates up to 54Mbps Supports all IEEE 802.11n Partial support Supports 802.11i, including Driver only support for Pre-Authentication. Authentication supported: - WPA- Enterprise w/ TKIP - WPA- PSK - WPA2- Enterprise w/ AES-CCMP - WPA2- Enterprise w/ TKIP - WPA2- PSK Partial support Supports 802.11h including TPC, DFS and active client radar detection

IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11n IEEE 802.11d IEEE 802.11i

IEEE 802.11e IEEE 802.11h

IEEE 802.11k

Partial support, including measurement reporting

IEEE 802.1p WFA 802.11b/g WFA 802.11a

Priority Tagging, mapping frames to queues based on tags as defined in 802.1d (802.1p is a subset of 802.1d). Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 b/g certified Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11a dual-band certified

WFA 802.11n WFA 802.11r

Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11n certified Partial compliance to the draft 802.11r fast roaming standard.

WFA WPA

Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 WPA certified

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Feature WFA WPA2 Personal

Description Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 WPA2 Personal Certified.

WFA WPA2 Enterprise WFA WMM

Wi-Fi Alliance WPA2 Enterprise Certified.

Wi-Fi Alliance WMM certified based on 802.11e.

WFA Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Windows / WHQL Logo Encryption:

Wi-Fi Alliance Protected Setup Certified supporting PIN and push button modes. Formally passes Microsoft HCT/DTM tests and WHQL / Premium Logo. - OPEN - WEP (64/128 bit) including key avoidance and IV randomization - TKIP - CKIP (CCX feature) - AES_ CCMP - Michael Checksum Provides user feedback regarding radio state Supports Fn-Fn2 Radio On/Off toggle, and Radio On/Off switch. Both mutually exclusive on a specific target platform

Wi-Fi LED Wireless On/OFF

Bluetooth Coexistence ACPI Sleep Resume state behavior Wake On WLAN

Broadcom WLAN-Bluetooth co-existence scheme Supports platform APCI 2.0 sleep states (D0-D3) Returns to the pre-hibernation (S4) or pre-suspend (S3) radio enable/disable state when resuming Supports Wake On WLAN operation, including: Under AC power only Wake from S3 and S4 Wake from S5 Wake on MagicPacket, DirectedPacket Supports Microsofts Wireless Connect Now 2.0 Provide WPA support for IBSS network connections (Vista and Win7). BT/Wi-Fi coexistence optimization through gain table tuning

WCN 2.0 Secure IBSS Coexistence Mode Optimization

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Feature 11n BTAMP Velocity Compliance XP FIPS 3eti + Funk I/F WLK 1.6 Russian 11n

Description BT over Wi-Fi

Integrated support for alternative FIPS certified plug-ins for WinXP. Microsoft WLK 1.6 certified Supporting 802.11n in Russia

Application Support:
Feature IEEE 802.1x Description Supports 802.1x supplicant functionality for both WinXP and Vista. Authentication support: - EAP- TLS - EAP-TTLS/PAP - EAP-TTLS/CHAP - EAP-TTLS/MS-CHAP - EAP-TTLS/MS-CHAPv2 - EAP-TTLS/MD5 - EAP-MS-CHAPv2 - EAP- LEAP - EAP- PEAP (GTC) - EAP- PEAP (Auto-GTC) - EAP- PEAP (TLS) - EAP- PEAP (MSCHAPv2) - EAP- FAST - Smart Card support for TLS - Support v5 for Win7, Vista - Support v4 for XP On limited range of platforms Common Profiles Profiles can be setup to be shared across all machine accounts desirable in cases where several users share one machine (e.g. factory / retail environment).

CCX

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Feature Site Survey Tools (Site Monitor)

Description Provides information on other detected wireless networks in the link status and site monitor tabs. Fields include: Link status (network available, not available) SSID / System name APs MAC address WEP enabled (on/off) Channel RSSI (in dBm) Quality (e.g. dB) Supports Windows Management Instrumentation.

Windows Management Instrumentation WLAN Disable Upon Wired Connect Single Sign-On

Supports Disable Upon Wired Connect for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Allows a single set of credentials (e.g. Windows log on and domain) to be used for wireless authentication as well as domain login. Allow Windows log on and domain to be used for LEAP Authentication (single sign-on support). Allow Windows log on and domain to be used for PEAP Authentication. Allow single SmartCard Authentication for Windows log on and wireless authentication (TLS, TTLS, & PEAP supported). Supports Trusted Platform Module 1.2

Cisco LEAP Single Sign-On PEAP Single SignOn Smartcard Single Sign-On TPM 1.2 support

RF Aware SDK (+ Interference Classification) UI resize ICS, Win7 Starter InConcert Maestro Interface

Capability to detect RF interference, classify it and prompt the user with suggestions to avoid it.

Support for smaller net book size displays Internet Connection Sharing for Win7 Starter A unified API framework eliminating the need to manually choose, establish and manage the underlying wireless network. This supports Wi-Fi Direct (and BT for combo adapters). SDK certified for 4313ePA standalone, 43224 and 43225 Wi-Fi Protected Setup 2.0

Wi-Fi Direct Certification WPS 2.0

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4. New Features
Feature Fast Resume Description WLAN utility maintains a preferred AP list, used to prioritize fast reconnection upon system resume. When system resumes, the driver issues a fast scan on the channels listed in the preferred list, and if a preferred AP is detected, the utility launches the renewed connection.

5. Existing Adapter Support

4313HMG2L 4313HMGBEPA, 4313HMG, 4313HMGBL 43224HMS, 43225HMB, 43227HM, 43227HMB, 43228HM, 43228HMB, BCM94313HMGIPA BCM94313HMGBREF

6. New Adapter Support

7. Supported Platforms
Commercial and Consumer platforms that accept Broadcom WLAN network adapters.

8. Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Win7

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9. Hardware Requirements
Software is expected to only be run on a mobile system with a minimum configuration of Pentium 300 MHz and 128 MB of RAM. The customer will control the distribution method of the software to ensure it is only preinstalled and web released for qualified mobile systems.

10.

Known Observations
Description Import/Export Functionality Test: 4313iPA: Auto import is not functioning correctly in Vista.

Observation BCM 87394

11.

Resolved Observations
Description On starting the SoftAP and executing Accept a WPS device", the following error message is seen in the application log: "Error - P2P: Open WPS window failed". Can't setup SoftAP when BTAMP link is active New Acer fast connect feature supported 4313 TX is using main antenna as default Cant keep preferred AP information when 1 time associated Skip registering Ctrl + Alt + E hot key to WinOS BSOD 0x142 during driver installation on AMD Comal platform New Acer specific RSSI to link quality mapping table Fixed Acer fast connect take too long when user checked the Allow this device to wake the computer in Power Management tab.
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Observation BCM 87419

BCM 97909 BCM 98172 INF Customize BCM Service BCM Service Customize BCM 101058 BCM 103610 BCM106362

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12.

Installation Requirements and Instructions

12.1. Install Instructions

The following command-line switches are available options for installation. This is a fully inclusive listing; options supported will vary with respect to delivered package content:

Setup.exe -justdriver Install the driver only, and not the tray service. Setup.exe -noccx This will not install EAP plugins and disables the CCX support. This command line option is for Vista/Win7 and not applicable to WinXP. Setup.exe -extract_all:[Destination Folder] Extracts all the files from the package to the specified folder. Setup.exe -f1[path\ResponseFile] Specifies an alternate location and name of the response file (.iss file). If this option is used when running InstallShield Silent, the response file is read from the folder/file specified by [path\ResponseFile]. If this option is used along with the -r option, the response file is written to the folder/file specified by[path\ResponseFile] Setup.exe -f2[path\LogFile] Specifies an alternate location and name of the log file created by InstallShield Silent. By default, Setup.log log file is created and stored in the same directory as that of Setup.inx. Setup.exe -s Runs InstallShield Silent to execute a silent setup. Setup.exe /peernet Installs the peernet software package. This is for Windows Vista and Win7 only.

13.

BIOS Requirements
The customer will control the method for limiting specific adapter cards to qualified mobile systems.

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14.

Known conflicting components

The XP UI is compatible with only one Broadcom WLAN card at a time.

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