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pyarch

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Registered: 2011-09-30

Posts: 169

Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Hi,

I installed broadcom-wl drivers from aur. And I noticed frequent disconnects/loosing internet connection and also the speed that I get is very low (3.0 Mbps) on speedtest. The same thing if do on windows I get 25Mbps.
Am I doing something wrong ??
How do I fix this issue ?
Let me know if you need any info.

Thanks

Akseli0x61

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Registered: 2014-08-01

Posts: 12

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

I had bad experience with the broadcom-wl drivers too. You should use the b43 driver. You also need to install some propietary software for it. Instructions here: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Dri … stallation

pyarch

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Registered: 2011-09-30

Posts: 169

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Thanks but it says bcm 4352 is not Supported in that table

Akseli0x61

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Registered: 2014-08-01

Posts: 12

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Oh, that's shame. Then probably the only option is to use the wl driver

EDIT: have you tried the brcmsmac/brcmfmac drivers? I have no idea about it but wiki says it's one option.

Last edited by Akseli0x61 (2014-08-03 19:02:17)

Maxr

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-02-04

Posts: 7

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Hi!
Are there any news regarding the BCM4352? I'm thinking about buying one to have ac mode, but I would like to know wether it's usable (and stable) in a everyday-use setting.

GloW_on_dub

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Registered: 2013-03-13

Posts: 388

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Hello

Brand New XPS15 here, with BCM4352, broadcom-wl seems to be working all right,
However i had to use my Dell USB Dock ethernet port to be able to download the wifi driver, since there is not ethernet port on the laptop.

Last edited by GloW_on_dub (2015-04-14 21:16:29)

LeonardK

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From: Berlin, Germany

Registered: 2014-07-31

Posts: 591

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Can you post logs like dmesg? Especially when the DCs happen.
Maybe it is related to this:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196015
– but no solution found yet. But in there are a few links that might help you, however they didn't help me.

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sladyshim

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Registered: 2015-04-17

Posts: 10

Re: Broadcom BCM4352 issues

Give the drivers in http://archlinuxgr.tiven.org/archlinux/x86_64/ a try, I also have a Broadcom card and those fixed all my problems!

I suggest you switch to NetworkManager if you're using other network service, I experienced kernel panics with the driver above and netcl.