Re: [Bug 488340] Re: Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently
@reason: broadcom uses firmware that is exclusive to microsoft. I think the easiest way to solve this is switch to a generic atheros or intel wifi card. The broadcom driver is proprietary hence it will take longer to resolve since broadcom does not seem to put sense of urgency to fix this. On Jul 22, 2010 6:56 AM, Reason nosae...@hotmail.com wrote: Same problem with two dell laptops featuring different Broadcom wireless chips. Making ubuntu pretty much useless. -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: bcmwl-kernel-source This is not the same problem as bug/427102 as that was apparently resolved by moving from Net Manager to WICD. Switching to WICD did not work for me. My problem is that my Macbook Pro 5,5 running Karmic 64 is silently dropping connections, and then, slowly, reestablishing them. The outages usually last less than 120 seconds, so, eventually, my existing connections come back to life without disconnection. The disconnections are quite frequent, I would say once every five minutes. To resolve this, I am using a USB 802.11b device and both Net Manager and WICD work with this flawlessly. I then tried to use IWCONFIG to tweak settings on the bcm4322 but nothing changed the behavior. I may try building the driver myself, but this will be the first time I've had to muck with kernel stuff under Ubuntu, so I might just chicken out and continue to use the 802.11b device. apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source bcmwl-kernel-source: Installed: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340/+subscribe -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 488340] Re: Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently
I agree. :) On Jul 22, 2010 7:31 AM, Reason nosae...@hotmail.com wrote: I know it's more a Broadcom issue then it is an Ubuntu one, but that doesn't change the fact is doesn't work. Even more so it worked perfectly fine under 9.10. Using different hardware is a quick fix not a solution. Especially in a laptop where replacing hardware is practically impossible. -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: bcmwl-kernel-source This is not the same problem as bug/427102 as that was apparently resolved by moving from Net Manager to WICD. Switching to WICD did not work for me. My problem is that my Macbook Pro 5,5 running Karmic 64 is silently dropping connections, and then, slowly, reestablishing them. The outages usually last less than 120 seconds, so, eventually, my existing connections come back to life without disconnection. The disconnections are quite frequent, I would say once every five minutes. To resolve this, I am using a USB 802.11b device and both Net Manager and WICD work with this flawlessly. I then tried to use IWCONFIG to tweak settings on the bcm4322 but nothing changed the behavior. I may try building the driver myself, but this will be the first time I've had to muck with kernel stuff under Ubuntu, so I might just chicken out and continue to use the 802.11b device. apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source bcmwl-kernel-source: Installed: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340/+subscribe -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 488340] Re: Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently
I have filed a separate bug report for the networkmanger bug, 511425. After doing a bit of testing it has only happened when in a WPA security. I have not tried under WEP On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:11 AM, 323232 323...@12move.nl wrote: Confirmed on a up to date Lucid 64 bit; dropping connection, slow connection speeds and a long association time (up to 15 secs after login. Also weird behavior networkmanager for braodcom STA users. See Bug #539300 (Connection with no connection icon / wireless connection not listed in network manager popup). Perhaps different symtoms of a connected problem? -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: bcmwl-kernel-source This is not the same problem as bug/427102 as that was apparently resolved by moving from Net Manager to WICD. Switching to WICD did not work for me. My problem is that my Macbook Pro 5,5 running Karmic 64 is silently dropping connections, and then, slowly, reestablishing them. The outages usually last less than 120 seconds, so, eventually, my existing connections come back to life without disconnection. The disconnections are quite frequent, I would say once every five minutes. To resolve this, I am using a USB 802.11b device and both Net Manager and WICD work with this flawlessly. I then tried to use IWCONFIG to tweak settings on the bcm4322 but nothing changed the behavior. I may try building the driver myself, but this will be the first time I've had to muck with kernel stuff under Ubuntu, so I might just chicken out and continue to use the 802.11b device. apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source bcmwl-kernel-source: Installed: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/ n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01) To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340/+subscribe -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 488340] Re: Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently
Confirmed... same findings as well. the broadcom driver does not perform very well compared to other wireless peripherals. my device is an hp mini 1116nr with bcm 4312. On 3/15/2010 3:46 PM, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: No change with 5.60.48.36 here. Still silently disconnects, and network- manager still thinks it's connected, so it doesn't try to reconnect. -- Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
