I have been following this for some time and with the great improvements I have been reading I thought it was finally time to give it a try.
I too downloaded the kernel from #270 and experienced no change in download speed.
$ lspci -vnn |grep -A 1 Wireless 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02) Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection [8086:1000] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44 $ uname -a Linux billlaptop 2.6.35-27-generic #47lp621265v201102161837 SMP Wed Feb 16 18:40:53 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
BandwidthPlace.com: Download Speed: 1178 kbps (147.3 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 641 kbps (80.1 KB/sec transfer rate) Thu 17 Feb 2011 10:42:17 PM CST
I have been following this for some time and with the great improvements I have been reading I thought it was finally time to give it a try.
I too downloaded the kernel from #270 and experienced no change in download speed.
$ lspci -vnn |grep -A 1 Wireless 102161837 SMP Wed Feb 16 18:40:53 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection [8086:4222] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection [8086:1000]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
$ uname -a
Linux billlaptop 2.6.35-27-generic #47lp621265v201
BandwidthPlace.com:
Download Speed: 1178 kbps (147.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 641 kbps (80.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Thu 17 Feb 2011 10:42:17 PM CST