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Blacklung

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Registered: 2024-09-14

Posts: 2

Poor WIFI Connection

Usually my wifi speed should be somewhere between 80mbs to 100 yet i can barely get 30. i've already tried to disable ipv6 but that kills my connection more bringing it down to single digits.
lspci -k output is
Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1520 Half-size Mini PCIe Card
        Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
        Kernel modules: bcma

if there is anything else you want me to list please tell me. much appreciated.

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: Belsize Park

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 8,248

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Re: Poor WIFI Connection

I think you should be using the wl driver with that card. The wiki has a page for that.

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Blacklung

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Registered: 2024-09-14

Posts: 2

Re: Poor WIFI Connection

Thats sort of fixed it. made it more bearable now i'm at 50. yet when i do lspci -k again it now says i'm using bcma and wl for the modules am i supposed to remove bcma

Last edited by Blacklung (2024-09-20 14:03:20)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,009

Re: Poor WIFI Connection

That should get handled by the wl package, does it say "kernel module in use" for both? The module in use line is what's relevant, the other lists the modules that are technically available.