Ubuntu
bcmwl package

  1. Bug #1256158
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1256158

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Iván Stepaniuk (istepaniuk) wrote :

I am seeing this same problem on a late 2013 retina macbook pro (11,1) running Debian (jessie/sid) with Linux 3.14.13-2 (same BCM4360 chipset). I am using the Broadcom driver from the Ubuntu repos, bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+b

I do not see any different behaviour between 5GHz or 2.4GHz. Tried both on different APs. Maybe the title should be changed.

I also ruled out intereference, the driver reports a steady signal level and link quality values when this happens, plus other stations in the network work perfectly fine, including other identical Macbook Pros running OSX.

As James pointed out, reloading the driver solves the problem, until it occurs again.

As a side note, I also tried the Windows XP Drivers under ndiswrapper (bcmwl5 version 6.30.223.228 obtained from the ASUS PCE-AC68 driver setup) and it behaves in a surprisingly similar fashion. From 0 to 100 packet lost at random.