Dell Precision M60 with Broadcom BCM4306 HELP!

[Casey Stamper]

On 8/8/07, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> > On 8/8/07, Pan Mail <breeze50 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On my system, ndiswrapper driver works on maximum speed 54Mbps, but bcm43xx
> >> driver works on only 11Mbps.
>
> > I'm seeing the same behavior when using the bcm43xx driver but I can't
> > confirm the ndiswrapper behavior - never tried it. Is this a
> > configuration tweak issue or is it an issue that will be addressed
> > w/the other updates?
>
> Caution needed: the bcm43xx driver is not the same as the
> bcm43xx-mac80211 driver.  It seems soon the older wireless drivers will
> be deprecated in favour of the new mac80211-based ones.
>
> ndiswrapper is a remarkable shim that allows you to use a Windows driver
> in Linux, so "ndiswrapper" doesn't deliver 54Mbps... "ndiswrapper + some
> Windows driver" is doing it.  It's a wonderful hack, but not one I want
> on any of my boxes.
>
> The bcm43xx-mac80211 driver was definitely capable of 54Mbps here so I
> would give it a try, but then I would be much happier with 11Mbps on
> that than 54Mbps with the ndiswrapper + Windows driver hack.
>
> -Andy
>
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Thanks for that correction. I was implying the "mac80211" part. I
guess I should have been more explicit. There I go assuming again...

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