Hey, I've had a lot of connection problems with b43. bcm43xx didn't work for me either under 2.6.24. Now with 2.6.24.3 it's working flawlessly.
My configuration Acer Extensa 5220 Kubuntu Gutsy x64 7.10 Linux * 2.6.24.2(vanilla) #10 PREEMPT * x86_64 GNU/Linux wpa_supplicant-0.5.9 from source the tests were all made several times, without moving the laptop connection quality 55-60 scan_ssid is active in wpa_supplicant.conf for faster association with b43 from wireless-compat(v2.6.25-rc3-1062-g7db6747) (and new firmware v.4.150.10.5) a card and firmware load message appears in dmesg, but nothing else and the card is not shown in ifconfig -a b43 from 2.6.24 and old firmware card shown but always association time out constant messages authentication packet received, but not in authentication state, packet ignored with b43 from older wireless-compat (v2.6.24-818-gd86916b) (and new firmware v.4.150.10.5) association fine (wpa_supplicant says "COMPLETED"), but no packets coming through afterwards, with b43 from older wireless-compat (v2.6.24-818-gd86916b) (and new firmware v.4.150.10.5) and nohwcrypt=1 association fine, and connection fine at first, but only a few packets come through and only at the beginning (about 3-5 pings/7 seconds), then maybe one more, then no connection at all. have to reset several times with intensive trying, about after 20-30 retries, reloading the module with each try a connection sometimes works for about 30-60 minutes, than hangs again. without moving the notebook. below 56, connection drops. under windows and with ndiswrapper and Wireless_Broadcom_4311_v4.100.15.5_XP.zip association fine, connection fine. tx-power 32 dB (instead of 18/27 i think) signal quality shown between 15-22, below 15, connection drops now with kernel 2.6.24.3 it's working flawlessly. without nohwcrypt as well :) If someone wants to find out why this happened - what information will be needed? Cheers _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
