WLAN Software Release Notes
Date: 20-June-2014
Package Series: 6.30.223.245
Copyright 2001-2014 Broadcom Corporation
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1. Overview
This delivery provides the latest Broadcom software release, and includes the following
packages:
Setup.exe = Driver & BCM Service Setup Package
INF_DriverOnly = Driver Only
The version numbers for the software components are as follows:
Application/installer: 6.30.223.245
STA Driver: 6.30.223.245
STA INF: 6.30.223.245
The release includes WHQL-signed CAT files from Microsoft and is intended for
production purposes.
For newly added:
Features see section 3
Adapters see section 5
Resolved observations see section 10
For existing:
Features see section 0
Adapters see section 4
Known observations see section 9
Operating Systems see section 7
This software supports the following languages:
Brazilian
English Japanese Dutch Swedish Hungarian
Portuguese
European
German Korean Finnish Polish Turkish
Portuguese
Italian Simplified Chinese Thai Norwegian Greek Russian
International Traditional
Danish French - -
Spanish Chinese
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2. Existing Features
Driver Support:
Feature Description
IEEE 802.11a 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)
IEEE 802.11g Supports all IEEE 802.11g mandatory modes and data rates up to 54Mbps
IEEE 802.11n Supports all IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.11d Partial support
IEEE 802.11i 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
IEEE 802.11e Partial support
IEEE 802.11h Supports 802.11h including TPC, DFS and active client radar detection
IEEE 802.11k Partial support, including measurement reporting
IEEE 802.1p Priority Tagging, mapping frames to queues based on tags as defined in
802.1d (802.1p is a subset of 802.1d).
WFA 802.11b/g Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 b/g certified
WFA 802.11a Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11a dual-band certified
WFA 802.11n Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11n certified
WFA 802.11r Partial compliance to the draft 802.11r fast roaming standard.
WFA WPA Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 WPA certified
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Feature Description
WFA WPA2 Personal Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11 WPA2 Personal Certified.
WFA WPA2 Wi-Fi Alliance WPA2 Enterprise Certified.
Enterprise
WFA WMM Wi-Fi Alliance WMM certified based on 802.11e.
WFA Wi-Fi Protected Wi-Fi Alliance Protected Setup Certified supporting PIN and push button
Setup (WPS) modes.
Windows / WHQL Formally passes Microsoft HCT/DTM tests and WHQL / Premium Logo.
Logo
Encryption: - OPEN
- WEP (64/128 bit) including key avoidance and IV randomization
- TKIP
- CKIP (CCX feature)
- AES_ CCMP
- Michael Checksum
Wi-Fi LED Provides user feedback regarding radio state
Wireless On/OFF Supports Fn-Fn2 Radio On/Off toggle, and Radio On/Off switch. Both mutually
exclusive on a specific target platform
Bluetooth Broadcom WLAN-Bluetooth co-existence scheme
Coexistence
ACPI Sleep Supports platform APCI 2.0 sleep states (D0-D3)
Resume state Returns to the pre-hibernation (S4) or pre-suspend (S3) radio enable/disable
behavior state when resuming
Wake On WLAN Supports Wake On WLAN operation, including:
Under AC power only
Wake from S3 and S4
Wake on MagicPacket, DirectedPacket
WCN 2.0 Supports Microsofts Wireless Connect Now 2.0
Secure IBSS Provide WPA support for IBSS network connections (Vista and Win7).
Coexistence Mode - BT/Wi-Fi coexistence optimization through gain table tuning
Optimization
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Feature Description
WHCK 2.1 Microsoft WHCK 2.1 certified
Russian 11n Supporting 802.11n in Russia
Application Support:
Feature Description
IEEE 802.1x 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
CCX - 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).
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Feature Description
Site Survey Tools Provides information on other detected wireless networks in the link status and
(Site Monitor) 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)
Windows Supports Windows Management Instrumentation.
Management
Instrumentation
WLAN Disable Upon Supports Disable Upon Wired Connect for Windows XP, Windows Vista and
Wired Connect Windows 7.
Single Sign-On Allows a single set of credentials (e.g. Windows log on and domain) to be
used for wireless authentication as well as domain login.
Cisco LEAP Single Allow Windows log on and domain to be used for LEAP Authentication (single
Sign-On sign-on support).
PEAP Single Sign- Allow Windows log on and domain to be used for PEAP Authentication.
On
Smartcard Single Allow single SmartCard Authentication for Windows log on and wireless
Sign-On authentication (TLS, TTLS, & PEAP supported).
TPM 1.2 support Supports Trusted Platform Module 1.2
RF Aware SDK - Capability to detect RF interference, classify it and prompt the user with
(+ Interference suggestions to avoid it.
Classification)
UI resize Support for smaller net book size displays
ICS, Win7 Starter Internet Connection Sharing for Win7 Starter
InConcert A unified API framework eliminating the need to manually choose, establish
Maestro Interface and manage the underlying wireless network. This supports Wi-Fi Direct (and
BT for combo adapters).
Wi-Fi Direct SDK certified for 4313ePA standalone, 43224 and 43225
Certification
WPS 2.0 Wi-Fi Protected Setup 2.0
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3. New Features
4. Existing Adapter Support
4313HMG2L
4313HMGBEPA,
4313HMG,
4313HMGBL
43224HMS,
43225HMB,
43227HM,
43227HMB,
43228HM,
43228HMB,
BCM94313HMGIPA
BCM94313HMGBREF
43142HMB
4352HMB
5. New Adapter Support
6. Supported Platforms
Commercial and Consumer platforms that accept Broadcom WLAN network adapters.
7. Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Win8.1
8. 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.
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9. Known Observations
Observation Description
10. Resolved Observations
Observation Description
BCM48280 Driver can't be removed completely if remove the program from control
panel\program and feature
BCM40942 Fix error event 10003 by bcmhivsrv64.dll on Winblue
BCMCLM163 SWCLM-163 CLM v7.11.3 Release
BCMCLM154 SWCLM-154 CLM v7.10.18 Release
BCM41078 BCM43142 RX throughput improvement
BCM44554 Installer support HPs country code update tool
BCM44548 Support 43142/43228 HPs US modules
BCMCLM149 SWCLM-149 CLM v7.10.15 Release
BCM43048 Fix WHCK BSOD issue
BCMCLM142 SWCLM-142 CLM v7.10.11 Release
BCM39877 4352hmb T-put improvement on AMD platforms
BCM35182 Installation:Setup.exe -justdriver OEM string shows "Broadcom 802.11
Network Adapter" instead of "Broadcom Wireless Utility" in programs and
features.
BCMCLM135 SWCLM-135 CLM v7.10.3 Release
BCM39840 WHCK - 4313 - win8.1 - BSOD
BCM41690 43228/43224 causing radar falsing on Cisco AP (Marvel based).
BCM41694 Driver 6.30.223.208 has worse coex results than driver 6.30.223.202
BCM40942 Error event 10003 by bcmhivsrv64.dll on Winblue.
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Observation Description
BCM39461 43142HM:Win7: Not able to create SoftAP network using the PeerNetApp
BCMCLM127 SWCLM-127 CLM Release v7.9.8
BCM39018 NetDetect: NDTest app is compaining mfc110u.dll missing after installing the
install shield with peernet option
SWCLM125 SWCLM-125 CLM v7.9.6 Release
BCM40324 BSSID error in Null-Data doing BtCoex
BCM40325 BtCoex mouse test HID has very low WLAN RX TP
11. Installation Requirements and Instructions
11.1. 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 -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.
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12. BIOS Requirements
The customer will control the method for limiting specific adapter cards to qualified mobile
systems.
13. Known conflicting components
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