[ale] Ubuntu 10.10 on HP Netbooks

[Rich Faulkner]

Thanks for the confirmation guys.  I had a feeling it may be something
like that.  Will test more once I have the unit in hand...

RinL


On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 11:17 -0400, David Tomaschik wrote:
> 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
> 
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> 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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