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adrianc

Member

Registered: 2006-12-08

Posts: 40

bcm43xx disconnects randomly

I am on arch64, I am using the bcm43xx drivers and i use wifi-radar to log on to the network. (my schools network)
Anyway, after I connect, around half an hour later, my internet disconnects and i cant reconnect for a while, even though the signal is strong.

Anyone know what the problem could be?

punakuono

Member

From: Tampere, Finland

Registered: 2006-12-17

Posts: 11

Re: bcm43xx disconnects randomly

Sounds like it could be a driver issue. After all bcm43xx is quite new and under "heavy" development.
Have you checked the logs for any information about why it keeps disconnecting? I couldn't get my laptop wlan working at all with bcm43xx and use ndiswrapper instead. It's not working too well for me at the moment, but most people seem to recommend it over bcm43xx, so I think you should try it, if you haven't yet. There's a section about it in Arch wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … diswrapper

adrianc

Member

Registered: 2006-12-08

Posts: 40

Re: bcm43xx disconnects randomly

Im thinking it might be my schools network, i had similar problems with ndiswrapper. Oddly enough, my connection on XP is good.

beissemj

Member

Registered: 2007-05-11

Posts: 43

Re: bcm43xx disconnects randomly

I had the same exact problem. I finally bought an intel pro wireless 2200, because I could only connect to my school's wifi with ndiswrapper, and I could only connect to my home network with the kernel module. Was the most annoying thing ever. I tried for hours to troubleshoot that thing. Best I can tell you is that certain version of the card are absolute garbage under linux.

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