On Feb 14, 2008 3:48 AM, Etaoin Shrdlu <
shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> 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 :-(.
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> 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:
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 !
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