Slow WIFI connection

[Babyshark]

Hi there,

I'm very new to Ubuntu. Last week I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 from 10.10. I noticed that the wifi connection is very slow. I don't think I have the right driver. I got a Linksys usb. I'm willing to take any suggestion. Thanks.

[josephmills]

Hi there,

I'm very new to Ubuntu. Last week I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 from 10.10. I noticed that the wifi connection is very slow. I don't think I have the right driver. I got a Linksys usb. I'm willing to take any suggestion. Thanks.

hi there could you please open up your terminal (ctrl+alt+t ) and type in
lsusb this next one take some time to load bu it will
sudo lshw -C network and paste here thanks

[jtarin]

Hi there,

I'm very new to Ubuntu. Last week I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 from 10.10. I noticed that the wifi connection is very slow. I don't think I have the right driver. I got a Linksys usb. I'm willing to take any suggestion. Thanks.After you respond to josephmills questions could you tell me what your speed was in 10.10 and what is now? Did you notice the speed difference immediatly or gradually? Who is your ISP? Can you also hardwire to them?

[Babyshark]

hi there could you please open up your terminal (ctrl+alt+t ) and type in
lsusb this next one take some time to load bu it will
sudo lshw -C network and paste here thanks


usrpc04@PC04:~$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys WUSB54GC v1 802.11g Adapter [Ralink RT73]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
usrpc04@PC04:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for usrpc04:
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 81
serial: 00:09:6b:e1:d7:52
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=66 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:20 memory:c0100000-c0100fff ioport:2000(size=64)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1d:7e:94:57:72
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt73usb driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=1.7 ip=192.168.1.2 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
usrpc04@PC04:~$

[josephmills]

after jtarin ? could we see a
dmesg | grep rt then a
lsmod thanks

[Babyshark]

After you respond to josephmills questions could you tell me what your speed was in 10.10 and what is now? Did you notice the speed difference immediatly or gradually? Who is your ISP? Can you also hardwire to them?


Hi jtarin i didn't record the speed when I was in 10.10, but I noticed when I load the web browser (firefox 4.0.1) in 10.10, it loaded within 1 or 2 second and in 11.04 it takes about 10 to 15 second or longer. The speed different is noticeable. I have Rogers as ISP.

[Babyshark]

after jtarin ? could we see a
dmesg | grep rt then a
lsmod thanks

usrpc04@PC04:~$ dmesg | grep rt
[10262.282948] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[11256.832133] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[11359.232098] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[19249.547451] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[24565.752118] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[26061.090728] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[27495.466629] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[27674.606152] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[27816.728577] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[27863.728466] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[28112.016521] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[28216.995275] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[28450.862781] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[28638.260550] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[29677.421666] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[30573.555917] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[31401.868421] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[33085.633599] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[34089.019164] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[37625.918263] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[37756.831780] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[37807.235134] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[39203.244386] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[41603.207972] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[42582.411351] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[42638.008158] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[44192.204364] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[47495.168571] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[47676.133026] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[47791.939457] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[47851.342699] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[48016.119964] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
usrpc04@PC04:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cryptd 19801 0
aes_i586 16956 1
aes_generic 38023 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 13213 1
arc4 12473 2
snd_intel8x0 33213 2
snd_ac97_codec 105614 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
rt73usb 26854 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
i915 450944 2
crc_itu_t 12627 1 rt73usb
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
rt2x00usb 19693 1 rt73usb
rt2x00lib 39075 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
mac80211 257001 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ppdev 12849 0
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
cfg80211 156212 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 180037 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
psmouse 73312 0
parport_pc 32111 1
snd 55295 11 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,sn d_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 12990 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
shpchp 32345 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
video 18951 1 i915
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
e100 40108 0
floppy 60032 0
usrpc04@PC04:~$ dmesg | grep rtdmesg | grep rtdmesg | grep rtdmesg | grep rtdmesg | grep rt

[jtarin]

Yea they did an update to 10.10 about the 19th of April that was a noticeable speed and accuracy improvment. I would be hard pressed to give up 10.10 now. You guys can have 11.o4 and be welcome to it.

[Babyshark]

Yea they did an update to 10.10 about the 19th of April that was a noticeable speed and accuracy improvment. I would be hard pressed to give up 10.10 now. You guys can have 11.o4 and be welcome to it.


So your suggestion is to stick with 10.10 for now? Anyway, thank you guys (josephmills and jtarin) for your help.

[jtarin]

So your suggestion is to stick with 10.10 for now? Anyway, thank you guys (josephmills and jtarin) for your help.
Unless there is something you can't live without in 11.04 at this point I see no reason for me.....to upgrade, unless it's the eyecandy. I was hesitant in upgrading to 10.10 from 10.04, but glad I did after several months of it being tested and not seeing the problems that 11.04 is encountering.