Yes, I'd say results are mixed. B43 now says it wants 20dBm and it's getting
16.75 but iwconfig says rate is only 1Mb/s and I can't keep the link up long
enough to be usefull.
If the SPROM was wrong all along, why does it work fine with bcm43xx?
Incidentally, when I rebooted and while the 4306 was still connected,
NetworkManager said he saw 100%.
b43-phy0 debug: [TX power] current = 16.75 dBm, desired = 20.0 dBm, max =
20.0
b43-phy0 debug: [TX power deltas] 3.25 dBm => bbatt-delta = 2,
rfatt-delta = -2
b43-phy0 debug: Adjusting TX power
b43-phy0 debug: Tuning TX-power to bbatt(2), rfatt(0), tx_control(0x30),
tx_bias(0x00), tx_magn(0x00)
sybill:~ # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"MBR-6d2"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:30:44:02:76:D2
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:7761-7465-7266-616C-6C30-3030-30 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=85/70 Signal level:-45 dBm Noise level=-68 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Regards
John
----- Original Message ----
From: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net>
To: John Mountcastle <mtcs...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Michael Buesch <m...@bu3sch.de>; bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:36:12 PM
Subject: Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306
More food for thought:
My BCM4306/2 in a Cardbus format has a maxpbg value that translates to 10 dBm.
It routinely transmits at 5-6 Mb/s in my normal setting. When I reprogrammed the
SPROM to 20 dBm, it would start out at the above rate, then rapidly drop to 1
Mb/s. It looked as if the radio was overheating. It is possible that the patch
of today will make things worse, not better.
Larry
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