I have one of those wretched Broadcom 43xx wireless chips in my laptop, and I eventually managed to get it working by using the bcm43xx-fwcutter package to extract the firmware binary blob from the bcmwl5.sys windows driver and then using that firmware in conjunction with native driver support built into the Linux kernel.
Because of this, my wifi works on Linux (somewhat) but my connection success varies greatly. I can use my own home wireless router anywhere in range without problems, but at my university, I literally have to be right on top of a hot spot to get a good connection (or even connect at all). However, I can snag distant networks with WinXP.
I was wondering if there was a way I could make my wireless more sensitive to the network when I'm further away from a hot spot or if there is anything at all I could do to solve my problem.
Because of this, my wifi works on Linux (somewhat) but my connection success varies greatly. I can use my own home wireless router anywhere in range without problems, but at my university, I literally have to be right on top of a hot spot to get a good connection (or even connect at all). However, I can snag distant networks with WinXP.
I was wondering if there was a way I could make my wireless more sensitive to the network when I'm further away from a hot spot or if there is anything at all I could do to solve my problem.