Incredibly slow connection speed on BackBox

broadsignal · 01-18-2016, 08:43 AM

I'm currently using BackBox for my pentesting needs, but I also have Skype, Steam and a few games installed. The problem is, my network connection is incredibly slow (max download speed 1mbps) making everything a huge hassle. I've tried installing my Broadcom drivers, doing tons of commands (can't remember them all) and nothing has done it. I don't know what information to provide either.

camorri · 01-18-2016, 10:22 AM

Welcome to the forum.

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I don't know what information to provide either.

First of all, what release of BlackBox are you running?

Second, open a terminal window, as root user run the command 'lspci' and post the results here. That will show us what devices you have connected to the pci bus. If your connection is internally installed on your system.

It would help if you told us make and model of the hardware you are using.

Please describe the type of internet connection you are using; ie wired of wireless.

Quote:

I've tried installing my Broadcom drivers, doing tons of commands (can't remember them all) and nothing has done it.

OK, so you have a Broadcom device. Wired or wireless? There are helpful "How To's" on the web. Have you googled your make and model for a how to?

Broadcom devices are troublesome to install. You have to extract code from a windows driver to get them to work on linux. Thank broadcom for that.

Post some useful information, and you will get help here.

broadsignal · 01-18-2016, 10:44 AM

BackBox Linux 4.4 is the version I'm using.

Here's the lspci results;

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8172 Fast Ethernet (rev 10)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

I'm using a wireless connection by the way, my device is listed above ^^

camorri · 01-18-2016, 04:17 PM

Have a look at this link

-->https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

and this link

-->https://wiki.debian.org/brcm80211

They give you some of the information you need. You will have to see if you can find equivalent packages in BalckBox. I do not run this distro, so I can not help there. Note you do need a firmware package as well to get this device working.