On 8/8/07, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Somebody in the thread at some point said: > > On 8/8/07, Pan Mail <breeze50@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Thanks for that correction. I was implying the "mac80211" part. I guess I should have been more explicit. There I go assuming again... -- Casey Stamper http://www.stampersite.com/wordpress
