Firmware/Identifying Wireless LAN Device
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How to identify the Wireless LAN device on an XO:
- get to the Ok prompt,
- follow the appropriate section below,
Display the MAC address
Type this:
select /wlan:force .properties unselect
Examine the output, for example:
mac-address 20 16 d8 1e 88 2b local-mac-address 20 16 d8 1e 88 2b device_type wireless-network name wlan reg 00000001 00000001
The mac-address property is six hexadecimal numbers separated by spaces. In this example, the MAC address is 20:16:d8:1e:88:2b.
Check the card model
On XO-1, type this:
select /wlan:force .properties unselect
On XO-1.5, XO-1.75 or XO-4, type this:
select /wlan:force unselect dev /wlan dev .. .properties dend
Examine the output, for example:
assigned-address 00010000 module-type mv8787 #address-cells 00000001 #size-cells 00000001 name sdio
The module-type property will be either:
- mv8388 for the USB 802.11g 2.4 GHz WLAN card, used in XO-1,
- mv8686 for the SDIO 802.11g 2.4 GHz WLAN card, used in XO-1.5, XO-1.75, or XO-4 or
- mv8787 for the SDIO 802.11n 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz combination WLAN and Bluetooth card, available for XO-4 only.
See Also
- Antenna testing to check either antenna on mv8686, or the WLAN antenna only on mv8787.