** Description changed:
First reported as a comment in bug #219775.
Thought to be an aspect of #124159 (slowness), but moving closer to router
and reducing speed to 5.5M did not solve it.
Wireless lan works erratically. Lots of transmission errors. Eventually it
dies and disappears from the list of wireless lans in network manager.
When I check my router it has my computer listed with a mac address of 00 00
00 1a 73 82 instead of 00 1a 73 82 68 cc.
Broadcom details:
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan
mini-PCI [14e4:4311] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device [103c:1374]
Attached is log of what happens when I switch to wireless from wired.
+
+ Now solved bu update found on Ubuntu forum:
+
+ Having trouble w/ Broadcom on Hardy? Give this a shot
+ Hi Everyone:
+
+ In an effort to get an idea how a new driver that is being introduced to
+ hardy is working out, I'd like to make a small call for testing.
+
+ This driver is being introduced in hardy, but the GUI to enable it in Jockey
is not yet ready. It should support recent Broadcom A/B/G/N adapters. As
advertised on their site, this means the 4311, 4312, 4321,and 4322 adapters.
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
+ Older adapters may be enabled as well, but this is awaiting verification.
+
+ If you are having trouble w/ b43, or trouble with ndiswrapper please
+ give this a shot. The more feedback, the better.
+
+ To enable it:
+
+ 1) Create a blacklist file, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43. In this file,
have these contents:
+ Code:
+
+ blacklist b43
+ blacklist ssb
+ blacklist b43legacy
+
+ 2) Deactivate any ndiswrapper installed drivers. There should be a
+ remove option for ndiswrapper.
+
+ 3) Update your initramfs
+ Code:
+
+ sudo update-initramfs -u
+
+ 4) Activate Hardy proposed.
+ Select System->Administration->Software sources. Check the box for proposed
updates. Hit close and let it refresh.
+
+ 5) Open up Synaptic. Search for the package entitled "linux" and mark it
+ for update. This should also automatically mark linux-
+ image-2.6.24-20-generic, linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-20, and linux-
+ restricted-modules-2.6.24. Perform the updates.
+
+ 6) Deactivate hardy proposed.
+ Uncheck that box from Software sources. Let it reload the sources. You don't
need any of the other updates, and you don't want to risk stability of your
system.
+
+ 7) Reboot
+ Things should work on this next boot. Please report back some feedback. To be
consistent and have good data, please be sure to post the following information
with your posts:
+
+ * uname -a
+ * lspci -vv -nn
+ * dpkg -l | grep linux-restricted
+
+ The GUI to activate isn't ready, and this won't be copied over to hardy-
+ updates until ready, so this is more of an early look for support to see
+ how things are working.
+
+ --------
+ If this doesn't work for you and you want to revert back, follow these steps.
+ 1) Boot into the old kernel.
+ At the screen "PRESS ESC to open boot menu", press escape. select your old
kernel.
+
+ 2) Open up synaptic.
+ Remove linux-image-2.6.24-20-generic
+
+ 3) Remove /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43
+ Code:
+
+ sudo rm -rf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bcm43
+
+ 4) Update your initramfs
+ Code:
+
+ sudo update-initramfs -u
+
+ Last edited by superm1; 23 Hours Ago at 10:36 AM.
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