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Message #88307
[Bug 1379524] Re: Weak wifi signal and bluetooth missing firmware
This is $ iw event -t -f output when connectivity issues start
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8836174/
I disabled IPv6 and also 11n but to no avail.
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Title:
Weak wifi signal and bluetooth missing firmware
Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
On a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 on my new HP Pavilion 15-020ng with
Broadcom BCM43142 hybrid wifi/bluetooth chipset the official driver
from Broadcom does not work correctly. On 2.4 GHz the wifi signal is
so low that the connection is interrupted on a regular basis (network
manager shows 26 Mb/s), other devices (notebook, tablet) do have a
normal signal at the same position and even this laptop has a good
signal with Windows 7 (Dual-Boot).
In addition, Bluetooth does not work because the driver reports
missing firmware but there does not seem to be official firmware
available anywhere.
The exact device name:
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01)
The 5 Ghz frequency seems to be not supported by the driver according
to the README file and does not work at all. My router is set to use
WPA2-PSK with AES, which is the only possible option besides WPA or
WPA/WPA2-mixed.
I am using the official wl driver that was installed by default, also
tried reinstalling via "sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
--reinstall" without improvement and "sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off".
Also blacklisted b43, brcmsmac and bcma as suggested by "Linux
Wireless".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Oct 9 23:04:07 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-27 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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