bcm43xx wireless stops periodically.

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 10/30/06, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
> "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/30/06, Arch Willingham <arch at tuparks.com> wrote:
> >
> >>> I have the exact same problem with FC6 final....had it with FC6 test 3, FC6 test 2 and FC5. All were new installs. When it does it to me, I have to pull the network card out and then put it back in. It also stops the clock on the laptop when it happens? I never mentioned it because I assumed it was unique to this laptop (Dell Inspiron 2200).
> >>>
> >>> Arch
> >>
> >You guys are lucky, I can't even get the darn thing to connect to my
> >AP. Though the driver seems to be working.
> >
> Same here but ndiswrapper works just fine.
>
> When bcm43xx was first released, I chased the problem to a timing issue
> between my AP and bcm43xx for authentication.  If I run my AP open (I
> know, really bad idea), it connects just fine.  If I use a WEP key,
> bcm43xx times-out before the AP responds.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave


Exactly what seems to be happening to me. How did you setup
ndiswrapper? I am not really familiar with it.


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