I also had this problem and even with this fix listed here i'm stillsuffering slow network traffic lspci 06:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01) PING google.com (209.85.229.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ww-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.229.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=1346 ms 64 bytes from ww-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.229.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=993 ms 64 bytes from ww-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.229.99): icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=1260 ms 64 bytes from ww-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.229.99): icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=2434 ms 64 bytes from ww-in-f99.1e100.net (209.85.229.99): icmp_seq=5 ttl=53 time=2167 ms --- google.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 8355ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 993.965/1640.458/2434.358/558.028 ms, pipe 2 xpd259@Sputnik:~$ sudo iwlist scanning lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:4D:64:52:1C Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"dick n lyds" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000000f22667d81 Extra: Last beacon: 204ms ago IE: Unknown: 000B6469636B206E206C796473 IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824 IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101050003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010024FF7F Cell 02 - Address: 00:1C:DF:85:BF:DB Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"aaaaaaaaa" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000004132c8a1f2 Extra: Last beacon: 648ms ago IE: Unknown: 0009616161616161616161 IE: Unknown: 010482848B96 IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: Unknown: 070A474220010D14010D1400 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C IE: Unknown: DD070050F202000100 IE: Unknown: 050400010000 Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:F6:93:5C:13 Channel:7 Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7) Quality=39/70 Signal level=-71 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"BTHomeHub-F2E9" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000022fc4b092b2 Extra: Last beacon: 208ms ago IE: Unknown: 000E4254486F6D654875622D46324539 IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C IE: Unknown: 030107 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 2F0100 IE: Unknown: 32040C121860 IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000 IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101880003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 Cell 04 - Address: 00:22:3F:30:8E:A6 Channel:6 Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6) Quality=51/70 Signal level=-59 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"jo n jills virgin broardband" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000816801ba183 Extra: Last beacon: 184ms ago IE: Unknown: 001C6A6F206E206A696C6C732076697267696E2062726F61726462616E64 IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C IE: Unknown: 030106 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 2F0100 IE: Unknown: 32040C121860 IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0000000 IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 Cell 05 - Address: 06:21:04:D4:83:9A Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm Encryption key:off ESSID:"BTOpenzone" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000015546fb7aab Extra: Last beacon: 1336ms ago IE: Unknown: 000A42544F70656E7A6F6E65 IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824 IE: Unknown: 03010B IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D160B001900000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010020000000 Cell 06 - Address: 00:21:04:D4:83:9A Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=24/70 Signal level=-86 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"BTHomeHub2-6ZSC" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000015546fae185 Extra: Last beacon: 1324ms ago IE: Unknown: 000F4254486F6D65487562322D365A5343 IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824 IE: Unknown: 03010B IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D160B001900000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010020000000 Cell 07 - Address: 00:22:3F:50:36:66 Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"SKY81512" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000087c6e301b8 Extra: Last beacon: 1344ms ago IE: Unknown: 0008534B593831353132 IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C IE: Unknown: 03010B IE: Unknown: 050400030000 IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK IE: Unknown: DD070050F202000100 Cell 08 - Address: 0A:21:04:D4:83:9A Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality=22/70 Signal level=-88 dBm Encryption key:off ESSID:"BTFON" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=0000015546fbe682 Extra: Last beacon: 1336ms ago IE: Unknown: 00054254464F4E IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824 IE: Unknown: 03010B IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 32043048606C IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101860003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D160B001900000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010020000000 Cell 09 - Address: 02:24:17:CC:BF:30 Channel:10 Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10) Quality=21/70 Signal level=-89 dBm Encryption key:off ESSID:"BTOpenzone" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000004dc867187 Extra: Last beacon: 1744ms ago IE: Unknown: 000A42544F70656E7A6F6E65 IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C IE: Unknown: 03010A IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 2F0100 IE: Unknown: 32040C121860 IE: Unknown: 2D1A0C181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D160A080000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0050000 IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101880003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C330C181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340A080000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Cell 10 - Address: 02:24:17:CC:BF:31 Channel:10 Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10) Quality=26/70 Signal level=-84 dBm Encryption key:off ESSID:"BTFON" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000004dc8623ec Extra: Last beacon: 1764ms ago IE: Unknown: 00054254464F4E IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C IE: Unknown: 03010A IE: Unknown: 2A0100 IE: Unknown: 2F0100 IE: Unknown: 32040C121860 IE: Unknown: 2D1A0C181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: 3D160A080000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0050000 IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101880003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C330C181AFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340A080000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Cell 11 - Address: 00:24:17:CC:BF:2F Channel:10 Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10) Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm Encryption key:on ESSID:"BTHomeHub2-M72M" Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s Mode:Master Extra:tsf=00000004dc862ced xpd259@Sputnik:~$ nm-tool NetworkManager Tool State: connected - Device: eth1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Type: Wired Driver: 8139too State: unavailable Default: no HW Address: 00:C0:9F:FA:D3:A8 Capabilities: Carrier Detect: yes Speed: 10 Mb/s Wired Properties Carrier: off - Device: wlan0 [Auto jo n jills virgin broardband] --------------------------- Type: 802.11 WiFi Driver: ath5k State: connected Default: yes HW Address: 00:14:A4:60:7D:C9 Capabilities: Speed: 54 Mb/s Wireless Properties WEP Encryption: yes WPA Encryption: yes WPA2 Encryption: yes Wireless Access Points (* = current AP) BTOpenzone: Infra, 02:24:17:CC:BF:30, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 BTFON: Infra, 02:24:17:CC:BF:31, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 37 BTHomeHub2-M72M: Infra, 00:24:17:CC:BF:2F, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 48 Mb/s, Strength 35 WEP BTFON: Infra, 0A:21:04:D4:83:9A, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 31 BTHomeHub2-6ZSC: Infra, 00:21:04:D4:83:9A, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 34 WPA WPA2 *jo n jills virgin broardband: Infra, 00:22:3F:30:8E:A6, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 71 WPA OrangeEF919A: Infra, 00:01:E3:EF:91:9C, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 21 WPA WPA2 dick n lyds: Infra, 00:18:4D:64:52:1C, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 71 WPA BTOpenzone: Infra, 06:21:04:D4:83:9A, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 35 aaaaaaaaa: Infra, 00:1C:DF:85:BF:DB, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 47 WEP BTHomeHub-F2E9: Infra, 00:18:F6:93:5C:13, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 55 WEP SKY81512: Infra, 00:22:3F:50:36:66, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA SKY56638: Infra, 00:18:4D:05:7F:2A, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 61 WPA IPv4 Settings: Address: 192.168.1.6 Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0) Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS: 192.168.1.1 xpd259@Sputnik:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"jo n jills virgin broardband" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:22:3F:30:8E:A6 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 xpd259@Sputnik:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"jo n jills virgin broardband" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:22:3F:30:8E:A6 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 xpd259@Sputnik:~$ ifconfig eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:9f:fa:d3:a8 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:47 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3502 (3.5 KB) TX bytes:3502 (3.5 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:a4:60:7d:c9 inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::214:a4ff:fe60:7dc9/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:7157 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:5541320 (5.5 MB) TX bytes:1219242 (1.2 MB) xpd259@Sputnik:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network:0 description: Ethernet interface product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0 logical name: eth1 version: 10 serial: 00:c0:9f:fa:d3:a8 size: 10MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s resources: irq:11 ioport:6000(size=256) memory:b0110000-b01100ff *-network:1 description: Wireless interface product: AR2413 802.11bg NIC vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:06:03.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: 00:14:a4:60:7d:c9 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k ip=192.168.1.6 latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg resources: irq:10 memory:b0100000-b010ffff xpd259@Sputnik:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 06:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01) xpd259@Sputnik:~$ uname -a Linux Sputnik 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux xpd259@Sputnik:~$ dmesg|grep ound [ 0.068852] ACPI: No dock devices found. [ 0.080997] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices [ 0.264571] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.265035] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.265578] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.265880] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.266335] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 0.276079] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded [ 0.283448] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found [ 0.811567] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found [ 6.321804] lp: driver loaded but no devices found [ 8.601071] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2413 chip found (MAC: 0x78, PHY: 0x45) xpd259@Sputnik:~$ dmesg|grep etect [ 0.000000] Detected 1596.299 MHz processor. [ 0.052098] SMP motherboard not detected. [ 0.052101] Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation. [ 0.264587] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected [ 0.265045] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [ 0.265586] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [ 0.265888] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [ 0.266343] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [ 0.280638] EISA: Detected 0 cards. [ 6.505350] intel_rng: FWH not detected [ 6.523454] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7932K stolen memory