Comment 96 for bug 621265

I have had this problem for awhile. I saw that it was a confirmed bug so I ignored it and waited for a fix. After waiting too long I started searching and came up with an interesting result.

With my HP dv2000 that uses an intel 3945 the bug first showed up with an upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10. I tried to use wireless but found it incredibly slow and unable to connect to the router well. After playing with it for awhile I found that the wireless switch on the front of the computer no longer let me control the status of the wireless card and the card was being held in an off state. Recently I found a forum post (link below) that helped me make a step in the right direction. Running ....

sudo rfkill unblock all
Source: http://start.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10047869

Running that code in terminal gave me back control of the wireless disable switch allowing me to turn the card back on. I then went and ran a speed test and found that performance was as expected.

[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/1066008894.png[/IMG][/URL]

I hope that this helps others that have been running into this problem. If somebody trying to troubleshoot this bug needs more info let me know how I can help.