On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 19:55 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> The in-kernel version of bcm43xx _ONLY_ works with V3 firmware. As I stated 
> earlier, you already 
> have the latest version of the firmware that works with this version of the 
> driver. FYI, the driver 
> that uses V4 firmware has worse transmit power for the 4311 than the one that 
> you are trying to use. 
> In addition, it doesn't receive as well. For example, with my BCM4311 located 
> about 2 m from my AP, 
> I routinely run at 36 Mbs with iperf rates about 12/15 Mbs for transmitting 
> and receiving. With 
> bcm43xx-mac80211 (the driver that uses V4 firmware), I get about 1-2 Mbs 
> throughput. The automatic 
> rate-changing mechanism usually runs my interface at 1 Mbs.

Success!  Using linux 2.6.21 and your patch, I'm sending this email from
the laptop over the wireless link.

Many thanks for all the help and suggestions,
John S.

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