From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Collins Subject: Re: NETDEV-BCM43XX BUG - Failure to associate AP with latest devscape git pull.. Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:50:25 +1300 Message-ID: <87ac231ari.fsf@briny.internal.ondioline.org> References: <45733FBF.5020800@gmail.com> <87y7pogj1k.fsf@briny.internal.ondioline.org> <45745D2B.1090700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Return-path: Received: from jenny.ondioline.org ([66.220.1.122]:4424 "EHLO jenny.ondioline.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937167AbWLDXyM (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Dec 2006 18:54:12 -0500 To: Robert Martin In-Reply-To: <45745D2B.1090700@gmail.com> (Robert Martin's message of "Mon\, 04 Dec 2006 12\:38\:51 -0500") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Robert Martin writes: > Paul Collins wrote: >> I started playing with wireless-dev's bcm43xx-d80211 recently and >> noticed that I had to set the frequency manually. When I did that, >> setting the ap manually caused the card to associate immediately. > > Alas, that seems to have been the problem, I was getting different > frequencies. Once I manually set the frequency, dhclient worked > perfectly. The only problem now is that I seem to be limited to very > slow speeds (on the order of 5-20K/s, or ~120 kilobits/s). I guess the speed problem is due to the general state of BCM4318 support, as mentioned by the developers. I'm glad the frequency thing isn't some weird glitch that only I am experiencing though. -- Paul Collins Wellington, New Zealand Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood