DoughtCom Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have a Dell 9400/e1705 with everything working except the 3945 wireless. I used the Dell post driver install package and everything seems fine, however after using my network Broadcom 440x builtin card hard for more than 10 seconds or so, ESPECIALLY in vmware, the card locks up. By locks up I mean it's transfer falls to 10KB/s and sometimes even stops working! Has anyone else had this happen? help would be awesome, thanks! -Shawn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoughtCom Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 It sucks no one else has had this happen I just had it happen when installing firebug on firefox in the OSX environment! That's a 450KB download! Very annoying. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-965022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoughtCom Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 OK so I reinstalled OSX tonight and it was still happening. I think I narrowed it down to VMware Fusion. I've installed Parallels and have windows working and downloading in conjunction with the OSX OS. So I'm not sure if people out there just aren't using Fusion or if their setups are working, but for future reference to anyone that's experiencing NIC lockups whenever Fusion is even running in the background this could be the cause. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-965471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC Coyote Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 It isn't just you. Almost everyone who has a broadcom 440 on a Dell sees the ip address drop and you get a loopback after receiving any real amount of data. There is currently no fix for this. Some people have had mild success using dhcp BUT with hardcoding an ip address. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-966216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoughtCom Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 It isn't just you. Almost everyone who has a broadcom 440 on a Dell sees the ip address drop and you get a loopback after receiving any real amount of data. There is currently no fix for this. Some people have had mild success using dhcp BUT with hardcoding an ip address. Dude thanks so much, I swear I searched all over for info about broadcoms dropping and never found any info. I'll try the manual IP and see how that works. Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-968990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCasn Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Broadcom 440 on Samsung X11 CeSeba has the same issues Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-971853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoughtCom Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I ended up going to Microcenter and getting the D-Link DUB-E100 USB ethernet device for $30. Downloaded WORKING drivers, not off of their site, but off of http://www.sustworks.com/site/news_usb_ethernet.html (linked to from a few other threads on here). No problem anymore -Shawn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/136191-broadcom-440x-problem/#findComment-972541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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