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  1. Bug #621265
  2. Comment #352

Comment 352 for bug 621265

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William Scheidegger (william-scheidegger) wrote :

I just updated to the latest Ubuntu kernel and had the same slow connection that everyone else is reporting.

I downloaded the latest compat-wireless source and followed the same rough instructions I posted in #298:

    $ mkdir -p ~/Downloads/compat-wireless
    $ cd !$
    $ wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2011-08-27.tar.bz2
    $ tar -xjvf compat-wireless-2011-08-27.tar.bz2
    $ cd compat-wireless-2011-08-27
    $ ./scripts/driver-select restore
    $ make
    $ sudo make wlunload
    $ sudo make uninstall
    $ sudo make install
    $ sudo modprobe iwl3945

I am having problems with my ISP, but I am happy to report that all is running stably with download speeds comparable to other machines on my network again.
This is not definitive as my speeds are so slow, but I thought I would post them anyway.

$ 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 45

$ uname -a
Linux billlaptop 2.6.38-11-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 20:51:21 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux