Re: Poor 802.11n performance with BCM4313

Daniel Beer <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Feb 2015 15:19:12 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.dunedin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 02:39:29PM +1300, Robin Sheat wrote:
> Daniel Beer schreef op di 03-02-2015 om 13:51 [+1300]:
> > So, I have a workaround for now, but it'd be nice if I could still use
> > 802.11n and get faster local data transfer. Has anybody encountered
> > this
> > before? Any ideas?
> 
> Broadcom support for linux is generally considered to be quite poo. You
> might have some luck with a newer kernel (3.2 is a little aged), but I
> wouldn't count on it. On the other hand, it might be an excuse to try
> wheezy, which is nearing release :)

This is wheezy -- it was released a while ago :-). I've tried the latest
stable kernel (3.18.5), which made no difference.

I have other Broadcom chips in other machines that work fine on 802.11n,
but they're older models.

Cheers,
Daniel

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