Re: bcm43xx connects with linux-image-2.6.20-1-powerpc
Jack Malmostoso <jackmalmostoso@freesurf.ch> writes:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:30:27 +0200, Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot wrote:
>
>> As other people in this list I had problems (well I couldn't obtain a
>> dhcp ip from my router) with 2.6.20 (2.6.18 works flawlessly in this
>> aspect)
>
> One difference I see between .18 and .20 is in the signal strength.
> With .18 all networks are at 100% of signal, while with .20 they have
> different values.
Didn't notice this but I remember having read something about it, I
mean it was a known 'bug' and some patch corrected it's behaviour
making bcm43xx report the exact signal level instead of always 100%.
> Could it be that .20 is actually more "honest" in evaluating the signal
> strength? Or is it having "problems" in connecting also because it sees
> less signal?
Uhmmm, don't know. As for me, the laptop is at the same distance,
position etc... from the router with 2.6.18 and 2.6.20, so this is not
the problem.
A. Corbi.
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