On Monday 23 February 2009 03:40:01 John Mountcastle wrote:
mtcs...@sybill:~/Desktop sudo /usr/sbin/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
On Monday 23 February 2009 07:30:13 Larry Finger wrote:
Francesco Gringoli wrote:
do you mind testing this firmware? It's not the solution, but can help
us understanding if we should follow this way. Download at
http://www.ing.unibs.it/~gringoli/fwtest.tar.gz
Before using this
made a patch which fixes up a possible PROM screwup:
http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090223-1324/patches/018-b43-txpwr-sprom-fixes.patch
You can apply that to compat-wireless:
cd compat-wireless-2009-02-XX
patch -p1 018-b43-txpwr-sprom-fixes.patch
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Greetings
download it and do make; make
install in the
extracted source tree. You don't need to change your kernel for this. You
can run it
on a standard distribution kernel, usually.
I made a patch which fixes up a possible PROM screwup:
http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090223-1324
Here's a thought, every time I unload b43 and reload it, my indicated signal
strength (NetworkManager) is 85%. Shortly it drops off to 65%, then 51%. then
it usually fails. I ad to go find a wire because I couldn't keep the 4306 up,
long enough to reach yahoo.
Michael, I applied you patch and
John Mountcastle wrote:
Here's a thought, every time I unload b43 and reload it, my indicated signal
strength (NetworkManager) is 85%. Shortly it drops off to 65%, then 51%. then
it usually fails. I ad to go find a wire because I couldn't keep the 4306 up,
long enough to reach yahoo.
John Mountcastle wrote:
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?
Many parts of the
OK, it sounds like a pretty tough nut to crack. I'm not sure if I can get a new
card as it's kinda built into this laptop, or, maybe I'm wrong. Do you think I
might be able to crack this thing open and put in a replacement device?
Anyway, thanks a lot for your help. I learned a little in the
Can I just edit Michael's patch and apply it again just like I did the first
time:
cd $(COMPAT_SRC_DIR)
patch -p1 $(PATCH_FILE)
Regards
John
- Original Message
From: Larry Finger larry.fin...@lwfinger.net
To: John Mountcastle mtcs...@yahoo.com
Cc: Michael Buesch m...@bu3sch.de;
John Mountcastle wrote:
Can I just edit Michael's patch and apply it again just like I did the first
time:
cd $(COMPAT_SRC_DIR)
patch -p1 $(PATCH_FILE)
Regards
John
Yes.
Larry
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