Broadcom WAN Agnostic Residential Gateway
Embedded System Source
Router Release Packages 4.200.x

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System Requirements

Operating Systems:

• Linux 2.4.20 kernel
• VxWorks Tornado 2.1(END)

Hardware:

• BCM94705LGR, BCM94704agr, BCM94704mpcb  -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94321 MiniPCI card -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94322 MiniPCI card -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94312 SDIO module -or-
• Vendor Equivalent

Current Known Limitations, Problems and Notices 

• Customer shall (i) obtain all government approvals and registrations for Customer's use of the software and (ii) comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection therewith (including, without limitation, regulatory requirements under Title 47 CFR Part 15, Industry Canada RSS-210, European Directive 1999/5/EC, and regulations related to RF exposure). Customer understands and acknowledges that the software is subject to all pertinent import and export laws of the United States.
• Linux: Application triggered port forwarding should only be disabled while traffic is not currently running.
• Linux: Afterburner mode does not support fragmentation. Customer  web pages will need to ensure that this combination is not set. The Broadcom sample web pages does not currently do this.
• Linux and VxWorks: CFE is the only supported boot loader 
• This package includes code used in SES from an SSL implementation written by Eric Young. Please note Eric Young's software includes the following restrictions:

  • Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
    All rights reserved.
    This package is an SSL implementation written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com).
    Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed. If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used. This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment:
    "This product includes software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"

    4. If you include any Windows specific code (or a derivative thereof) from the apps directory (application code) you must include an acknowledgment:

    • "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)"
      THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ERIC YOUNG ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  • The license and distribution terms for any publicly available version or derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be copied and put under another distribution license [including the GNU Public License.]

What's New in Release 4.200.19?

• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.19
• RADIUS support for Cisco ACS 5.0 server
• 4322 DFS fixes
• 4322 Radio improvements for high temperature operation
• 4322 Radio calibration improvements

What's New in Release 4.200.18?

• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.18
• 4322 ACI detection improvements
• Fix for MIMO 40MHz/20U issue
• DFS Updates

What's New in Release 4.200.17?

• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.17
• Fix for performance issue specific to 4321A1
• Fix for 40MHz probe responses
• Fix for MultiBSS compatibility with Intel 2200 STAs
• Fix WPA over WDS not working in N-mode with AES+TKIP

What's New in Release 4.200.15?

• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.15
• Support for Broadcom 53115 Gigabit switches
• VxWorks: Fix big endian association problems on 4704NR-MP reference board
  

What's New in Release 4.200.12?

• "Gold" functional release
• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.12
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
• VxWorks: Known issue with booting and associations on Big Endian boards
  

What's New in Release 4.200.9?

• "Beta" release
• Based on wl driver version 4.174.64.8
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
• VxWorks: TKIP/WEP performance improvements
• VxWorks: Known issue with associations on Big Endian 4704NR boards
• VxWorks: Known issue with low througput on WiFi WMM test A1-T04
• VxWorks & Linux: Known issue with WiFi WPA2 test 4.2.3.2 for DT1 when using new Intel 3945ABG card.
• VxWorks & Linux: Known issue enabling WDS in 5G band with WPS and WPA causes the router to hang
• VxWorks & Linux: Known issue with wireless MAC filter functionality

What's New in Release 4.200.5?

• "Alpha+" release
• Based on wl driver version 4.200.4
• Performance improvements on 4322mp2d cards
• Various updates to PHY code to improve performance and stability
  

What's New in Release 4.200.3.?

• "Alpha" release
• Based on wl driver version 4.200.2
• Initial release including AP support for 4322 and 4312sd
• 4-BSS MBSS support for both 4322 and 4312sd
  

 Support

• If you have questions, please send email to hnsupport@broadcom.com.
• If you would like to report a bug, please go to our partner support site at http://support.broadcom.com, and select the "Bug Reporting" button once logged on with your company specific username/password provided to you by Broadcom. Be sure and use the appropriate category (partner_hw for hardware issues, partner_sw for software issues).

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