On 27/08/11 22:39, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > W dniu 27 sierpnia 2011 22:42 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki > <zaj...@gmail.com> napisał: >> W dniu 26 sierpnia 2011 21:15 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki >> <zaj...@gmail.com> napisał: >>> 2011/4/2 Szymon Zygmunt <szymon.zygm...@gmail.com>: >>>> 1. A description of the problem at hand: >>>> Last time I changed my wireless card and I have problems with wireless >>>> link when I copy large files over lan. Link is broken after some part of >>>> file (eg. 50 - 200 MB) and I have to reload my b43 driver (modprobe -r >>>> b43, modprobe b43). After that connection work again for a while and >>>> situation is repeated. >>>> >>>> 2. When it happens: >>>> Always when I copy large file from my ftp (sets on openwrt box) to my PC >>>> over wifi. >>>> >>>> 3. How to reproduce: >>>> Start to operation with high transmission rates (eg. copy larg file) >>> Szymon, this is a damn late reply and I think I understand if you've >>> already switched to some other card. >>> >>> In case you're still using b43 & BCM4318: did you manage to fix this >>> problem yourself? >> I've tested my BCM4318 which is >> 06:05.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02) >> Subsystem: 1468:0311 >> and it still works fine after using iperf for 20 minutes (about 3.2 GB >> transfered to my notebook with 14e4:4318). Average speed was 22.5 Mb/s >> and I was quite close to the AP. >> >> I'll try: >> 1) Switching to the 478.104 firmware >> 2) Using ftp instead of iperf >> 3) Moving to some other room, to increase distance > I've tried switching between firmwares 410.2160, 478.104 and 508.1092, > without any difference. > > I've moved away from AP, the RX speed went down to 11.6 Mb/s (tested > for 5 minutes), but not visible problems (received 414 MB). > > I guess Szymon can have affected BCM4318, will I don't. From > https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=24208 : >> b43 in Backfire works on most BCM4306-BCM4318-based cards, included master >> (AP) mode. Unfortunately there are some models of BCM4318 which suffer from >> transmission problems and are unstable as a result, mostly noticeably when >> running as AP. Others models of BCM4318 seems to run fine. Hi,
I just wanted to drop you a mail back to say thanks a lot for your help and for your hard work. I now have wlan on my mbp thanks to your instructions- life saver! :)
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