Broadcom proprietary firmware limits download speed to 90 kb/s
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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b43-fwcutter (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: b43-fwcutter
Hardware:
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install proprietary Broadcom firmware via Jockey
2. Try to download something either form Internet or local LAN.
What happens:
Maximum download speed you get is 90 kb/s, irrespectively of actual network bandwidth.
What should happen:
The speed should be appropriate to your actual bandwidth's capacity.
OpenFWWF (http://
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: b6f016a601d569f
CheckboxSystem: b8f3ec504801f13
Date: Fri Jan 8 03:17:09 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: b43-fwcutter (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: b43-fwcutter
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-
Can you attach an output of dmesg? Can you also attach /var/log/ daemon. log?