Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 disconnects frequently on certain networks

Bug #604835 reported by COKEDUDE
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bcmwl (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

My problem is very similar to Broadcom STA Wireless driver for bcm4322 silently disconnects frequently with a few key differences.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/488340

The first key difference is it does not happen silently. I am told when it happens. The second key difference is it only happens on certain networks. I am usually fine except when I use a few particular networks. I get knocked off the network very frequently and it is quite annoying. I have confirmed with the admins there is nothing on wrong on their end. They are very confident that it has something to do with my wireless driver. My connection also does not reconnect unless I do it myself.

I am using Linux Mint 9 Isadora on a dell laditude d520. Linux Mint uses the same repository as Ubuntu.

This is the package that I am using.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bcmwl-kernel-source

COKEDUDE (cokedude)
Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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COKEDUDE (cokedude) wrote :

After doing this to remove the bcm packages my wireless runs much better. My wireless does not get disconnected continuously anymore.

This command lists the bcm packages installed on your system.
dpkg -l | grep bcm

These commands remove the bcm packages installed on your system.
sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-soure
sudo dpkg -r bcmwl-kernel-source
sudo dpkg --purge bcmwl-kernel-source

sudo apt-get remove bcmwl-modaliases
sudo dpkg --purge bcmwl-modaliases
sudo dpkg -r bcmwl-modaliases

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