On Feb 14, 2008 3:48 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 February 2008, dell core2duo wrote: > > > Hi all, > > First of all thank you all. > > Finally i got my wireless card working with b43 drivers. But > > throughput is really low :-(. > >[cut] > > flukebox flukebox # iwconfig > > lo no wireless extensions. > > > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > > > wmaster0_rename no wireless extensions. > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"iitk" > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: > > 00:11:95:D8:E3:33 > > Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm > > Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B > > Encryption key:off > > Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-69 > > dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx > > excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > Uhm, the solution might be as simple as doing
> "iwconfig wlan0 rate 54Mfixed". This command set bit rate to 54Mb but card suddenly stopped working :-(. So, I revert back to previous mode. Now i can see variable rates. Network is working fine. So, i guess bit rate doesn't make much difference(does it ??). > However, I just noticed that the linuxwireless page about b43 > has changed since yesterday; there are new instructions regarding the > versions of firmware and fwcutter tool to use (011), and specific info > regarding kernel 2.6.24. Check it out: > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 > I just checked, exactly first option suites my conditions and working fine. > > Tomorrow I too am going to try the new instructions, and read some docs > to at least try understanding what's going on with the new driver > architecture (the *80211 stuff). > Good luck for you ! > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > Thanks, Flukebox
