Ubuntu
bcm43xx-fwcutter package

Broadcom BCM4309 wireless works, but slow connection

Bug #163703 reported by exquest on 2007-11-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #212037: BCM4312 stuck at 1-5 Mb/s. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcm43xx-fwcutter (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my Dell Inspiron 5150 and everything worked, until it came to the wireless card. I installed the firmware for the BCM4309 wireless card using the restricted drivers wizard and connected to the wireless network just fine but when it came to browsing the web or downloading files it was really slow. It didn't disconnect but was just really slow. Any suggestions?

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Dan Trevino (dantrevino) wrote on 2007-12-01:

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exquest (exquest) wrote on 2007-12-01:

I found the solution finally. It was easy enough.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=405990

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Seif Attar (seifattar) wrote on 2008-05-03:

This appears to be a problem with broadcom drivers in general, I have a 4318 card, and had the same problem, I marked this bug as a duplicate of bug #212037, please see my comment on that report and continue further discussion on there if there any updates.