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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:50:57 +0100
From:      Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
To:        "Ishmael F.E." <sulfurfff@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?
Message-ID:  <3a142e750912281050o32418f07j62d3f4e80ef3cde@mail.gmail.com>

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On 12/28/09, Ishmael F.E. <sulfurfff@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I have this little issue with my wireless card:
> No matter where I am or what I'm downloading,
> I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever
> (only while using BSD).
>
> What should I do to be able to download faster?
>
> The bandwidth should be ~400kBps
>
> I'm using 8.0.
>
> /boot/loader.conf:
> bcmwl5_load="yes" #I'm using the ndis driver
> .
> .
> /etc/rc.conf:
> netif_enable="YES"
> synchronous_dhclient="YES"
> wlans_ndis0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> .
> .
> pciconf -lv :
> ndis0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x1366103c chip=0x432814e4 rev=0x03
> hdr=0x00
>   vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>   device = 'Broadcom 432AGN 802.11a/b/g/draft-n Wi-Fi Solution
> (BCM4321KFBG)'
>   class = network
> .
> .
> ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>   ether 00:1a:73:00:00:00
>   media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>   status: associated
> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>   ether 00:1a:73:00:00:00
>   inet 192.168.0.00 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
>   media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
>   status: associated
>   ssid Q... channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:1d:7e:00:00:00
>   country US authmode WPA privacy OFF powersavemode CAM
>   powersavesleep 100 txpower 0 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6
>   scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 0

Signal strength?
What is displayed for ndis0 if you boot with verbose boot option.

-- 
Paul B Mahol



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