Dysfunctional Boradcom 4321 WiFi in cloudready but Crouton is optimal.
The download speed in cloudready v76 is 10 Mbps while using Crouton ON cloudready on the same hardware produces a download speed of 70 Mbps which is the correct speed. Cloudready is using the wl driver as described in changing your Broadcom WiFi driver article. I also run Manjaro Linux on this machine & it produces a download speed of 70 Mbps also. Speeds tested with speakeasy.net speed test. This is an issue which has been overlooked for far to long IMHO. Any suggestions for testing would be appreciated.
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We use an alternative driver because it supports management and network memory features that have, in our findings, bugs in wl. The wl driver does support n-wifi which the b43 driver does not, and that's probably why you're seeing a performance difference.
I think this is discussed in threads from a long way back.
On CloudReady we've opted for the default to be the manageable driver over the highest performing one and are not currently considering a change.
Has something changed in the performance compared to v74.4?
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I'm only seeing top speeds of 12Mbps on my installed cloudready v76 using the wl driver. The pre-release v75 install USB has no broadcom 4321 functionality out of the box. Once I change it to wl it runs at 20Mbps or better. I don't understand the disparity. Also running crouton on this installed cloudready produces speeds of up to 60Mbps. The installed system has been upgraded from multiple previous versions, could this be a contributing factor?
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Forrest, I understand that your company survives on the revenues of the Educational and Enterprise channels. I looked at the new page. I don't know if "chat now" under the "Forums" is the best choice of words. Since this is the only area for Home users. It would be nice if you made it abundantly clear on this page to new users of Home that the Forum is where to ask questions.
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There is plenty of useful info in the other links on that support page that can be helpful to Home Edition users. Most knowledge/help articles in our Knowledge Base apply to both the paid and free editions equally, and the release notes and our blog certainly applies to everyone.
The only resource on that page which isn't relevant to Home Edition users is the one labeled as being "Tech Support for Paid Users".
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Forrest, I think that what I am trying to convey is this: On the page https://www.neverware.com/support#titlebar-1
It would be helpful to insert "Community" into the Forum "Ask Questions in the Forums" perhaps "Ask Questions in the Forums Community" because when one clicks on Chat Now.
This page is listed as "CloudReady Community."
The other issue was that your old missives were tanked by the new page. Have you had time to fix this?
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Brand new users run optimally! also ...
Previous users who don't run good who are then deleted (non-owner) rebooted & then re-added run good.
... can't delete owner, looks like something in the profile is getting messed up from v74 to v75/76 OTA update.
Is there anyway to ascribe ownership to a different User without reinstalling? (Powerwash CLI should do it?)!!!!!
I'd bet this is NOT related to Broadcom wl but may be a more fundamental wireless issue. Remember the Dev channel has also lost Bluetooth functionality at least on Broadcom devices. Also Broadcom WiFi on the PR v75 does NOT work at all on the install USB!
... These tests were run on a Lenovo G560 with a broadcom 4313 adapter so it's not a Mac issue at all!
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