Ubuntu 9.10 wireless has been throttled

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as per the title. BTW I'm a bit of a linux nub.

Anyway when I run my laptop on wireless I only get 1meg of my 10meg connection. Plug it in direct to the router via ethernet and I get the full 10. Any suggestions?

Many thanks for reading.
 
as per the title. BTW I'm a bit of a linux nub.

Anyway when I run my laptop on wireless I only get 1meg of my 10meg connection. Plug it in direct to the router via ethernet and I get the full 10. Any suggestions?

Many thanks for reading.
Perhaps you have a n draft wireless card but the available driving only support something like g?
 
Hey guys right this very second I'm downloading something at 900kbps. Usually though it locks at 100kbps.

I just rebooted now and its fine but it usually just drops off again.
 
I've seen this before, ubuntu running the connection at 1Mbps rather than 54.

There is a fix, try:

Code:
iwconfig wlan0 rate auto
where wlan0 is your network card, may also be ra0, or something else.

if that doesn't work, try:

Code:
iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M
You'll need a good signal for this one.

If one of these worked, add the line to /etc/rc.local, before "exit 0".
 
maybe the built-in drivers aren't very compatible with your WiFi card? i've seen this a lot on Atheros wireless cards.
 
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