On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:02:00 -0700 Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > On 3/12/07, Jan Schledermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Celejar wrote: > >> > >> > On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:47:08 -0800 > >> > Freddy Freeloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> I have a problem with ndiswrapper on Sid. > >> >> > >> >> I have a built-in broadcom wireless chip in my laptop. I've been > >> using > >> >> ndiswrapper with it and it's worked fine. I also have a netgear > >> wg11t > >> > > >> > Are you aware that the bcm43xx driver (included in recent kernels) > >> > supports Broadcom wireless chips natively? I'm using it with the built > >> > in Broadcom wireless chip on my laptop (Broadcom BCM4318 AirForce One > >> > 54g rev 02) and it works quite well. > >> > > >> > Celejar > >> I used the kernel driver as well. It was a disaster om my Dell Inspiron > >> 510m. In stead of 54Mbit I'd get only +-10Mbit due mainly to lost > >> packages. > >> Installing ndiswrapper solved the problem. I thought that '54Mb' is only a theoretical maximmum, and that realistically 20 / 30 Mb is the best one can expect; 10 doesn't sound that bad, depending on the distance to the AP. What's the (actual, not reported) throughput with ndiswrapper? > >> > >> Jan > >> > > In my inspiron 600m also bcm43xx didn't work. I had to go to ndiswrapper. > > > Yeah, bcm43xx is a real problem on my machine. I once got it to work, > but only with open ap's, and since I won't run an open ap that was as > far as that went. However, with newer kernels it makes my system very > unstable. The system will hang for several seconds at a time and do it > so often that the system is basically unusable, windows that are not > maximized will jump around on the desktop, and other strange behavior. > I've had to go with ndiswrapper to get it to work at all. The truth is that so far I've only used it with an open AP (a public hot spot); I haven't tried it on my home network yet. I am using it with a 2.6.18 kernel, though, and I haven't noticed any instability. [Incidentally, I saw your posts regarding bcm43xx on d-l after I sent my message ...] Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
