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FreeNAS Wireless Woes

Attempted a Netgear N300 with the BCM43231 chipset, assuming that the bwi driver could be loaded via a tunable.

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Nope. This is all I saw in messages

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May  4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: <Broadcom> at usbus3 (disconnected)\nMay  4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3\nMay  4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: <Broadcom> at usbus3\n
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Will have to research and try another card/dongle.

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References

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", "id": "0e522496-0704-53bc-a93d-2b0a45a97071", "modified": "2026-05-28T13:06:17Z", "revisions": [ { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2026-05-28T13:06:17Z", "id": "0f0988ae20e0e1779b21e3a784a1beffdddf4ee4", "shortId": "0f0988ae", "subject": "Formatting fixes -- Claude\n", "content": "Attempted a [Netgear N300](https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100) with the **BCM43231** chipset, assuming that the **[bwi](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4)** driver could be loaded via a [tunable](http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Tunables).\n\nNope. 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This is all I saw in `messages`\n\n May  4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2:  at usbus3 (disconnected) \n May  4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3 \n May  4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2:  at usbus3\n\nWill have to research and try another card/dongle.\n\nReferences\n----------\n\n- \n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-27T07:27:56Z", "id": "1aa29105a45aa67523ffb61e73bcc415f935a47e", "shortId": "1aa29105", "subject": "Fix Markdown conversion\n\nSaw half a season of The Office\n", "content": "Attempted a [Netgear N300](https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100)\nwith the **BCM43231** chipset, assuming that the **[bwi](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4)** driver could be loaded via a [tunable](http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Tunables).\n\nNope. This is all I saw in `messages`\n\n May  4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2:  at usbus3 (disconnected) \n May  4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3 \n May  4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2:  at usbus3\n\nWill have to research and try another card/dongle.\n\nReferences\n----------\n\n- \n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-21T02:30:47Z", "id": "d658e80d1ecb97b196531c7b15a0f9af709c05de", "shortId": "d658e80d", "subject": "Incremental\n", "content": "Attempted a [Netgear N300](https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100)\nwith the **BCM43231** chipset, assuming that the\n**[bwi](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4)** driver\ncould be loaded via a\n[tunable](http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Tunables).\n\nNope. This is all I saw in `messages`\n\n` May  4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: `` at usbus3 (disconnected)` \n` May  4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3` \n` May  4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: `` at usbus3`\n\nWill have to research and try another card/dongle.\n\nReferences\n----------\n\n- \n\n\n\n" }, { "authorEmail": "mail@nikhil.io", "authorName": "Nikhil Anand", "date": "2015-12-20T19:56:57Z", "id": "39e104c8bfe2df7fc7dfe2b7402da7b7ef7e2371", "shortId": "39e104c8", "subject": "FreeNAS Wireless Woes : First Draft\n", "content": "Attempted a [Netgear N300](https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100)\nwith the **BCM43231** chipset, assuming that the\n**[bwi](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4)** driver\ncould be loaded via a\n[tunable](http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Tunables).\n\nNope. This is all I saw in `messages`\n\n` May  4 19:03:18 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: `` at usbus3 (disconnected)` \n` May  4 19:03:45 Archivum root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0846 product 0x9020 bus uhub3` \n` May  4 19:03:45 Archivum kernel: ugen3.2: `` at usbus3`\n\nWill have to research and try another card/dongle.\n\nReferences\n----------\n\n- \n\n[Category: Nikhil's Notes](Category:_Nikhil's_Notes \"wikilink\")\n[Category: FreeNAS](Category:_FreeNAS \"wikilink\")\n" } ], "sizeInBytes": 724, "source": "Attempted a [Netgear N300](https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Netgear_WNA3100) with the **BCM43231** chipset, assuming that the **[bwi](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bwi&sektion=4)** driver could be loaded via a [tunable](http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Tunables).\n\nNope. 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