Comment 17 for bug 488340

I have filed a separate bug report for the networkmanger bug, 511425.
After doing a bit of testing it has only happened when in a WPA
security. I have not tried under WEP

On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:11 AM, 323232 <323232@12move.nl> wrote:

> Confirmed on a up to date Lucid 64 bit; dropping connection, slow
> connection speeds and a long association time (up to 15 secs after
> login.
>
> Also weird behavior networkmanager for braodcom STA users. See Bug
> #539300 (Connection with no connection icon / wireless connection not
> listed in network manager popup). Perhaps different symtoms of a
> connected problem?
>
> --
> Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects
> frequently
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/488340
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> Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: bcmwl-kernel-source
>
> This is not the same problem as bug/427102 as that was apparently
> resolved by moving from Net Manager to WICD. Switching to WICD did
> not work for me.
>
> My problem is that my Macbook Pro 5,5 running Karmic 64 is silently
> dropping connections, and then, slowly, reestablishing them. The
> outages usually last less than 120 seconds, so, eventually, my
> existing connections come back to life without disconnection. The
> disconnections are quite frequent, I would say once every five
> minutes.
>
> To resolve this, I am using a USB 802.11b device and both Net
> Manager and WICD work with this flawlessly.
>
> I then tried to use IWCONFIG to tweak settings on the bcm4322 but
> nothing changed the behavior.
>
> I may try building the driver myself, but this will be the first
> time I've had to muck with kernel stuff under Ubuntu, so I might
> just chicken out and continue to use the 802.11b device.
>
> apt-cache policy bcmwl-kernel-source
> bcmwl-kernel-source:
> Installed: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4
> Candidate: 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4
> Version table:
> *** 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/
> n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
>
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