and I can compare the distance I get on Windows so it' definitelly not my router/hotspot problem.
Also I found a really great howto for this laptop: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Acer_Aspire_5024 and there is a sentence there: "Since 2.6.17 there is broadcom support in kernel and the drivers work for this card however you can't control transmit power and its set to 19 db instead of 24 db so the range is minimal, but its a work in progress. " whatever it means... -- low transmit power on Broadcom BCM4318 wifi adapter - very low range https://launchpad.net/bugs/64405 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
