Not joking at all for myself. Not a solution for everyone probably, but I'm very happy now. I enjoy opening up hardware. Replacing wireless card is trivial compared to the soundcard replacement I did a few months ago. :) Main thing is that I'm not even thinking about this bug anymore and I'm glad about it.
Jon On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Mtt.Castelli <[email protected]> wrote: > surely jou're joking, Jonathan. > > Nobody should be constricted to open his hardware, a notebook in > particular, to make it works. Regardless from how much the expense is > cheap. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/621265 > > Title: > Slow Wireless Connection in Intel 3945abg > > Status in The Linux Kernel: > Unknown > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in “linux” source package in Maverick: > Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Fedora: > Unknown > > Bug description: > With latest daily-live Maverick (2010-08-20), my wireless connection with > Intel 3945abg never go over 3mbps speed. > I try this in local lan and in internet. > It seems like a regression about iwl3945 driver, i had a similar problem with > older kernel where wireless speed was limited to 1mbps, with k/ubuntu 10.04 > and 2.6.32 kernel this problem was disappear. > > Some information: > lsb_release -rd: > Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch) > Release: 10.10 > > uname -a: > Linux ubuntu 2.6.35-16-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 17 02:21:03 UTC 2010 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > dmesg | grep 3945: > > [ 27.977578] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection > driver for Linux, in-tree:s > [ 27.977583] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2010 Intel Corporation > [ 27.977678] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ > 17 > [ 27.977693] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > [ 28.043199] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 > 802.11a channels > [ 28.043205] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG > [ 28.043366] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X > [ 28.185681] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' > [ 28.523764] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9 > > iwconfig: > wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"Dorema" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.472 GHz Access Point: 00:1A:92:11:1C:C7 > Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm > Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=68/70 Signal level=-42 dBm > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > My access point is Asus WL-600g > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/621265/+subscribe > -- Jonathan Kulp http://www.jonathankulp.com -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/621265 Title: Slow Wireless Connection in Intel 3945abg -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
