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Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 11:59:43 -0600
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Subject: Problem with b43 driver
From: Patrick McMunn <doctorwhoguy@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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A while back, a fix was issued for the b43 driver where the driver was
not issuing beacons in ad-hoc mode (
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/longterm/v2.6.33/ChangeLog-2.6.33.20
). I have a card which uses the driver, and it did allow me to use
ad-hoc mode for sharing an internet connection. However, I think there
is still some problem with the driver. When I start up my laptop (with
an Intel wireless card) and try to connect to the connection which I
created on my desktop which uses the b43 driver, there are occasions
when it detects the network immediately, and there are occasions when
it never does detect it even if I go to my desktop and stop then
restart the network. I may wait 15 or 20 minutes before giving up on
it. At the same time, my laptop may detect 3 or 4 wireless networks
from neighbors' homes, but it will not detect mine. So I suspect that
the b43 driver is somehow issuing beacons inconsistently. I'll be
happy to supply any additional information I can upon request. Another
thing that may or may not be related is that even when I do connect,
the machines can only ping each other if I connect using channel 10.
No other channel seems to work even if they successfully connect.

-- 
Patrick McMunn

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