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Mitch Lin (mitchthelin) wrote : Ubuntu 10.10 - Wireless packet loss using Broadcom STA driver on Macbook Pro 5,2

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 (alt install) as a second partition on my Macbook Pro (5,2). After installation, I went to System->Adminstration->Additional Drivers and activated my NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version current) as well as the Broadcom STA wireless driver.

Rebooted, both worked, but I noticed that my connection was intermittent at best. Web pages were timing out, SSH sessions were spotty, and updating Ubuntu (the download portion) took over an hour ( ~ 100 packages).

I pinged google for a while:

--- google.com ping statistics ---
216 packets transmitted, 173 received, 19% packet loss, time 240438ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.316/68.300/205.230/49.727 ms

Here's yahoo:

--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
246 packets transmitted, 224 received, 8% packet loss, time 385430ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 33.256/59.871/334.379/48.785 ms

All other wireless devices do not have this issue, and when I boot into OSX, the wireless card works perfectly (transfer speeds are useful/reliable with no packet loss).

Let me know if you need more information.

Thanks!