[PLUG] setting bit rate

[Alan Olsen]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Bruce KIlpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Alan Olsen wrote:
> > 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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> >
> dmesg shows:
>
>  41.949372] bcm43xx driver
>
> The Restricted Drivers Manager shows:
>
>  Firmware for Broadcom 43xx chipset family
>
> lspci:
>
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan
> mini-PCI (rev 01)
>
> Active Connection Information:
>
>  Speed:      24 Mb/s
>  Driver:      bcm43xx


You are running the older driver.  Not certain if there is a good fix for
this since that driver has been deprecated.  (The b43 driver is the current
driver and, in my opinion, is much more stable.)  The b43 driver will need
the version 4 firmware.  I am not certain when Ubuntu will support it.  (The
next version I would expect.)

I would check my laptop for speed if I had it here, but I don't.