[ale] Ubuntu 10.10 on HP Netbooks

[David Tomaschik]

Most likely it's Broadcom b43-series hardware.  If so:

1) They're pretty mediocre chips to begin with.
2) Finding newer firmware with b43-fwcutter may help.
3) Might also be the antenna connector has popped loose.  (I have seen
this before, particularly on machines that are cheaply built.)

David


On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:
> Anyone have experience/issue with WLAN connectivity for 10.10 on HP
> netbooks?  I have a user reporting spotty connections but does better
> with USB attached NIC.  Will have more specifics later...but thought I'd
> see if anyone here might have something to share.
>
> Thanks.....Rich in Lilburn




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