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Topic: Linksys E2500 support

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http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v1
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v2
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v3

It seems to be BCM5358, which probably uses high-rev N-PHY radio for 2GHz. It's not supported yet sad
5GHz radio seems to be BCM43236, unfortunately we don't know the chip revision. It's probably V1 or V2, so it won't be supported, Broadcom decided to support V3 only in their brcmfmac driver [0] sad

[0] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wire … 90881.html

Zajec wrote:

http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v1
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v2
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_E2500_v3

It seems to be BCM5358, which probably uses high-rev N-PHY radio for 2GHz. It's not supported yet sad
5GHz radio seems to be BCM43236, unfortunately we don't know the chip revision. It's probably V1 or V2, so it won't be supported, Broadcom decided to support V3 only in their brcmfmac driver [0] sad

[0] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wire … 90881.html

Thanks for providing links to wikidevi, I have totally forgotten about that resource. As it seems, full support of this device will not be available soon (if will ever).

I had installed it on e2500
OpenWrt Barrier Breaker 14.07 / LuCI Trunk (0.12+svn-r10530)

BuT NO WIRELESS connection..neither Wireless settings why?

Because the wireless chip is not supported.  You could try the other drivers but I don't think much has improved with Broadcom since the original posting.

so How could I install wlan drivers at least for 2.4 and from plz some help..
I was using tomato shibby, firmware, was working great.. and also dd-wrt was working great... but surprised in openwrt..?

I am thinking of making a hardware hack. soldering a usb wireless dongle directly into the chip pins (pins 71 and 70) and a LM7805 voltage regulator to power it. Do you guys think it would work? does OpenWrt support usb wireless dongles? I got the schematics for the chip here: cypress.com/file/298561/download
I dont know if I have to activate the USB capabilities with pin 75 also, as stated in the datasheet, or if the board already have the components in place...

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