Re: bcm43xx connects with linux-image-2.6.20-1-powerpc
On Wednesday 25 April 2007 19:20, Antonio-M. Corbi Bellot wrote:
> 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.
.18.* is reporting much more accurate values than .2*.* kernels.
I KNOW I got 100% on local wifi and I also know the other values I usually get
on other networks.
I to noticed a drop over 50% of my strenght... I can't even get a reading on
my router from my bathroom with the latter.
>
> 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%.
17+ kernels has not always shown 100%. It is very close to what osx is showing
me.
>
> > 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?
Not a chance in hell that it's honest, it's a rather nasty affair witch left
me hardboot more than once.
>
> 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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