On Thu, 26 May 2011 11:01:29 -0700, Mark wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Camaleón <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:28:58 -0700, Mark wrote: >> >> > This is a long-standing issue with b43legacy wireless and >> > transmission rates being slow, across various Linux distros and many >> > years. Since I upgraded to Squeeze I was hopeful the rate issue >> > would be fixed but alas it is not. I can run "iwconfig wlan0 rate >> > 54M" to get wicd and iwconfig to say it's 54 Mb/s but it's actually >> > connected at 1 Mb/s in reality. Any chance someone on this list has >> > figured out a solution that my hours of Googling did not produce? >> > ndiswrapper didn't solve the problem based on other peoples' >> > experiences, FWIW. >> >> There is a very good and complete page on this module that explains the >> difference between the two drivers (b43/b43legacy) and when to use each >> of them: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 >> >> If you wireless card supports it, you can try to load b43 which seems >> to support a wider range of devices. >> >> > Unfortunately my card needs b43legacy since it is a BCM 4306 rev 02 > model...
Ouch! > any other ideas? Buying a new USB/PC Card wireless adapter? O:-) Sorry, that chipset seems to be a bit problematic. However, you can load a LiveCD for any recent distribution that bundles the most updated kernel (2.6.39.x?) and b43 legacy drivers to see if you see any improvement. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
