Anderson, Scott wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Finger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thu 8/30/2007 1:57 AM
> To: Anderson, Scott
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Speed issues with Broadcom 4311
> 
> Anderson, Scott wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I wanted to report that I'm experiencing extremely slow speeds (20k)
>  > down or less using my Broadcom 4311 and the newer b43 driver. Pages have
>  > a very hard time loading. I'm currently running Fedora7 with the
>  > 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 kernel. My access point is an old Linksys wireless B
>  > router with wep encryption.
>  >
>  > Lspci Shows: 01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell
>  > Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Iwconfig Shows:
>  >
>  > wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"atlst"
>  >           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
>  > 00:0C:41:6F:1F:6A 
>  >           Bit Rate=5.5 Mb/s 
>  >           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B 
>  >           Encryption key:F5CC-E107-D3
>  >           Link Quality=73/100  Signal level=-57 dBm  Noise level=-63 dBm
>  >           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>  >           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Have you had experiences with other bcm43xx drivers with this card and 
> AP? Some people have reported
> poor performance at 11Mb/s, but others have no problems.
> 
> I just tested my BCM4311 with b43 from wireless-dev, WEP encryption, and 
> an AP set for b-only
> operation. It's speed adjusted to 11 Mbs fairly quickly and yielded 
> about 4 Mbs uploads using iperf.
> Due to my network configuration, I couldn't measure download speed.
> 
> BTW, when you send iwconfig output to the list, please obscure the 
> encryption key. You have just
> published it to the whole world.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> *used the older message you sent so that it would have the CCs.
> 
> 
> Currently I'm using just the binary, although I will get a new kernel 
> from source right now if you want to go ahead and send that patch over. 
> It would be most appreciated.

If possible, could you grab the source from wireless-git and build from it? 
That way, if you still 
have the problem, we will know it is current, not something from the past.

Larry
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