Re: [gentoo-user] [query] kernel-2.6.24 + ndiswrapper

[Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org>]

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 54M 
fixed". 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

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).
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