[PLUG] setting bit rate

Alan Olsen alan.olsen at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 18:20:15 UTC 2008


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Bruce KIlpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It's an HP AMD64 laptop with broadcom wireless drivers.  After using it
> > for a while, I realized it was running at 24Mb/s when it is capable of
> > 54Mb/s.  I manually changed the bit rate using iwconfig.
> >
> > iwconfig eth1 now shows 54Mb/s.  Gnome's network manager shows it still
> > running at 24Mb/s.
> >
> > Which one is correct?
> > What do I need to do to change it and then edit to make it permanent?
> >
> > I tried Google and had very little success.  Perhaps some of you can
> > word the search better, or perhaps already know without searching.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce
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> >
> >
> Sorry,
>
> I am running Ubuntu Gutsy.


Is NetworkManager even able to recognize the 54meg setting?  I have had very
little luck with getting NetworkManager to see my Broadcom card correctly.

Which kernel driver are you using?  b43, b43legacy, or one of the older
drivers?



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