Thread: have to keep disconnecting and reconnecting w/bcm43xx driver

i have keep disconnecting , reconnecting school's ap randomly (sometimes frequently, infrequently) on hp pavillion zv6000 running kubuntu 9.09 jaunty , using bcm43xx driver. (i couldn't work @ ndiswrapper.)

did not have problem linksys wrt54gl ap @ home nor did have windows xp on school ap.

lspci output:

code:

03:02.0 network controller: broadcom corporation bcm4306 802.11b/g wireless lan controller (rev 03)                                                                      subsystem: hewlett-packard company device 12f8                                   control: i/o- mem+ busmaster+ speccycle- memwinv- vgasnoop- parerr- stepping- serr- fastb2b- disintx-                                                            status: cap- 66mhz- udf- fastb2b- parerr- devsel=fast >tabort- <tabort- <mabort- >serr- <perr- intx-         latency: 64         interrupt: pin routed irq 21         region 0: memory @ b0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8k]         kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge         kernel modules: ssb

iwconfig output:

code:

wlan0     ieee 802.11bg  essid:"anyu"           mode:managed  frequency:2.462 ghz  access point: 00:16:9d:cd:74:e0           bit rate=11 mb/s   tx-power=20 dbm           retry min limit:7   rts thr:off   fragment thr=2352 b           power management:off           link quality=71/100  signal level:-51 dbm  noise level=-67 dbm           rx invalid nwid:0  rx invalid crypt:0  rx invalid frag:0           tx excessive retries:0  invalid misc:0   missed beacon:0

ifconfig output:

code:

wlan0     link encap:ethernet  hwaddr 00:90:4b:ec:a9:c8           inet addr:172.29.82.220  bcast:172.29.83.255  mask:255.255.252.0           inet6 addr: fe80::290:4bff:feec:a9c8/64 scope:link           broadcast running multicast  mtu:1500  metric:1           rx packets:116050 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0           tx packets:61063 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000           rx bytes:121760603 (121.7 mb)  tx bytes:7354656 (7.3 mb)

this first time running linux on own box in 4 years i'm little rusty!

id tell use b43 or openfwwf open source variant. there broadcom wireless reference in signature site ayuthia wrote (another ubuntu user). should lot!!!

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