b43 driver hang workaround

b43 driver hang workaround

[Eric Volker]

Thought I'd post my workaround for the issue I've been experiencing. My
setup is as follows: Ubuntu 9.10 x86 and a BCM4318 in AP mode. Briefly,
I'd see a message in the logs about hardware encryption being disabled,
at which point my NIC would stop beaconing. Apparently turning off QoS
support remedies this problem. Putting this line into /etc/modules made
my wireless usable:


b43 qos=0


Obviously, QoS support is preferable to not, but I don't really need it
for my SOHO needs. Hopefully this will help someone else.


Eric

Re: b43 driver hang workaround

[Giuseppe Fontana]

2010/1/26 Eric Volker <evolker@gmail.com>:
> Thought I'd post my workaround for the issue I've been experiencing. My
> setup is as follows: Ubuntu 9.10 x86 and a BCM4318 in AP mode.

Hi Eric. So, if I'm not wrong, you successfully connected to a wi-fi
ad-hoc network with BCM4318 and Ubuntu 9.10. I tried with my Acer 5024
with CM4318 without success (if you want you can take a look at my
thread "Broadcom BCM4318 AirForceOne issue - Ubuntu 9.10 on Acer
Aspire 5024wlmi"). Are you using a laptop too? What's your wifi
adapter model?

Re: b43 driver hang workaround

[Eric Volker]

Giuseppe Fontana <gfontana13@...> writes:

> 
> 2010/1/26 Eric Volker <evolker@...>:
> > Thought I'd post my workaround for the issue I've been experiencing. My
> > setup is as follows: Ubuntu 9.10 x86 and a BCM4318 in AP mode.
> 
> Hi Eric. So, if I'm not wrong, you successfully connected to a wi-fi
> ad-hoc network with BCM4318 and Ubuntu 9.10. I tried with my Acer 5024
> with CM4318 without success (if you want you can take a look at my
> thread "Broadcom BCM4318 AirForceOne issue - Ubuntu 9.10 on Acer
> Aspire 5024wlmi"). Are you using a laptop too? What's your wifi
> adapter model?
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Sorry, I think I may have replied to this off-list. I'm using a BCM4318 PCI 
card as an access point. I've got it in mixed wpa/wpa2 mode and have had it up 
for a couple of days so far. It's a Bufflo card, though I'm not sure of the 
exact model. It is in a desktop, a Dell Dimension 4550. Thus far it has vastly 
outperformed my old DLink DIR-655. I'm quite happy, though it took me about a 
wink to iron out several kinks. I also had to use "eapol_version=1" in 
hostapd.conf to get everything working properly. If you need any further 
details, please let me know.

Eric