On 12/6/05, Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Slow response.
> >Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 20:02:58 -0500
> >
> >On 12/6/05, Robert Snyder <res03q8w@gte.net> wrote:
> > > Chuck Hast wrote:
> > >
> > > >Folks,
> > > >Put a wireless NIC card in this machine, it appears that the running of
> > > >NDISWRAPPER slows things down to the such that it is quite visible,
> >indeed
> > > >if there is a lot of data flowing over the link such as ssh into a
> >machine and
> > > >then running TOPn then it really gets slow particularly if the remote
> >machine
> > > >starts dumping a lot of activity into the top session. Anything that
> >pushes a
> > > >lot of data through that NDISWRAPPER slows it down. If i run the
> >machine
> > > >usinig the regular NIC card it screams (the machine not the data
> >download)
> > > >
> > > >I can see where the NDISWRAPPER would eat cpu time but did not think
> >that
> > > >it would show up as that bad. Ohh well live and learn.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I use NDISwrapper on my HP laptop which uses a broadcom wifi 802.11G
> > > card and I transfered divx movies across the network with it while doing
> > > other things and have not noticed ndiswrapper eating CPU cylces. Maybe
> > > the distro or how the package was compiled.
> >
> >This is a Broadcom chip set too. I am running SuSE 10. Going to get the
> >wire run over to this part of the house anyhow so I have a wire to work
> >with
> >too.
> >
>
> Chuck,
>
> Since you have a Broadcom based card you may be interested to know that a
> native Linux driver was recently released for several Broadcom chipsets. I'm
> not sure if your card is one of those supported but it might be worth
> checking out:
>
> News summary: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12886
>
> Project website: http://linux-bcom4301.sourceforge.net/
>
> The driver: http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
>
> Hope that you get it working!
Thank you I am going to download it, the chip set is the following:
Chipset: Broadcom BCM4306
I will get it and install it and see how it compares to the NDISWRAPPER.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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