Bug 242183 – BCM4311 Slow

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Bug 242183 - BCM4311 Slow

Summary:	BCM4311 Slow

Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
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Assigned To:	John W. Linville
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2007-06-01 20:56 EDT by Brennan Ashton
Modified:	2008-01-28 16:10 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2008-01-28 16:10:32 EST
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Description Brennan Ashton 2007-06-01 20:56:06 EDT

Description of problem:
Very slow speeds on wirless (google has a hard time loading) BCM4311
Also know as (from lspci)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN
Mini-PCI Card (rev 01)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All versions

How reproducible:
Always a problem appears to get worse the longer it is on

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use a 03:00.0 Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card (rev
01)  actualy a BCM4311 chipset

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Actual results:
Very slow speeds

Expected results:
Normal wifi speeds

Additional info:
this patch solves the problme, but is not in the kernel. Been using it sense feb
with both vinella and fedora kernel.
https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2007-February/003819.html

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2007-06-04 16:45:13 EDT

Please try the FC6.netdev kernels:

   http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/

Do these work any better for you?

Comment 2 Brennan Ashton 2007-06-12 19:05:46 EDT

This problem is resolved in the 2.6.22-rc4 kernel.

Comment 3 John W. Linville 2007-07-16 10:39:05 EDT

Please try the kernels here:

   http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=11202

Do they resolve the problem as well?

Comment 4 scott anderson 2007-07-21 19:48:55 EDT

Just wanted to come in here and add the traditional "me too" for the broadcom
1390 using 2.6.22.1-27. I'm using the newer mac80211 driver just fine and
everything is working, it's just that the speeds are very very slow.

Comment 5 scott anderson 2007-07-23 21:42:42 EDT

Wanted to add that I also tried the more recent kernel-2.6.23-0.45.rc0.git16.fc8
and still the speeds were the same. Not sure if this included any type of fix
but just thought it was worth noting. 

Mr. Linville, if you build anything else and would like me to test it please let
me know. I really would like to help solve this problem any way I possibly can,
so if you think of any other way I can help please do send an email.

Comment 6 John W. Linville 2008-01-28 16:10:32 EST

Closed due to lack of response from original poster...

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