Phil's Wifi (was HELP WINDOWS XP

[Phil Bieber]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 19:03, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
>
>> Phil Bieber wrote:
>
>>> This is not my thread,
>
> it is now :-)
>
>>> but I'll briefly outline my wifi "performance"
>>
>> Sounds to me like the wireless settings just need tweaking on your system.
>
> Yeah.  For instance, I ran my broadcom wireless under ndiswrapper on a
> 2.6.22 kernel, because it was more reliable than the native bcm43xx driver.
> When I upgraded my kernel (to 2.6.26 because 2.6.24 never worked for me)
> wireless got really flakey.  It turned out I was still running a years-old
> firmware (in fact, the kernel reported support would be discontinued in
> July 2008 - which sounds suspiciously like "out of warranty" syndrome!).
> Upgrading to the correct firmware has improved performance phenomenally.
>
> So tell us what type of wifi you have, and what chipset.
> --
> derek
>

Hi!

Thanks for my own thread :)
I'm using a DELL Inspiron Notebook with an Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG
Card. I cannot tell you the exact chipset, but the graphics chip is
the Intel GMA950 with a Core2Duo @ 1,83Ghz. Its all from the Centrino
platform.

I will have a look around for some newer firmware, thanks a lot for the hint!

Cheers
Phil Bieber
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