Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

**wildmanne39** · April 9th, 2013

What was posted in post 35 of this thread.

But try the new driver without them first.
Thanks

**Bucky Ball** · April 9th, 2013

Thread moved to Networking & Wireless.

**leoxis** · April 9th, 2013

I am sorry to ask that, but where I found my kernel version?

Originally Posted by Wild Man

What was posted in post 35 of this thread.

But try the new driver without then first.
Thanks

**leoxis** · April 9th, 2013

I found it!
leo@leo-note:~$ uname -a
Linux leo-note 3.2.0-39-generic-pae #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 27 22:25:11 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

But in this list (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...table_releases) there isnt this version..which one I download?

Originally Posted by leoxis

I am sorry to ask that, but where I found my kernel version?

**wildmanne39** · April 9th, 2013

The first on in that link you posted just like the one in the thread I referred you too,
Thanks

**leoxis** · April 9th, 2013

I couldnt finish it..

I got this message

leo@leo-note:~$ cd Área\ de\ Trabalho/
leo@leo-note:~/Área de Trabalho$ cd compat-wireless-3.6.8-1/
leo@leo-note:~/Área de Trabalho/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1$ sudo su
[sudo] password for leo:
root@leo-note:/home/leo/Área de Trabalho/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1# ./scripts/driver-select ath9k
Processing new driver-select request...
Backing up makefile: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/net/wireless/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/net/wireless/ath/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: net/wireless/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/ssb/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/bcma/Makefile.bk
Backing up makefile: drivers/misc/eeprom/Makefile.bk
Backup exists: Makefile.bk
root@leo-note:/home/leo/Área de Trabalho/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1# make
Makefile:61: *** "The path to this compat-wireless directory has spaces in it." "Please put it somewhere where there is no space". Pare.
root@leo-note:/home/leo/Área de Trabalho/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1# make install
Makefile:61: *** "The path to this compat-wireless directory has spaces in it." "Please put it somewhere where there is no space". Pare.
root@leo-note:/home/leo/Área de Trabalho/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1#

"Pare" is stop in portuguese.

Originally Posted by Wild Man

The first on in that link you posted just like the one in the thread I referred you too,
Thanks

**wildmanne39** · April 9th, 2013

This is the space it is referring too.

Área de Trabalho

you can not have spacing in between the words.

You may have to start a post about taking the spaces out.
Thanks

**leoxis** · April 9th, 2013

I extract the package in my home and it worked!!!

now my wifi is working ok!!! It is not as fast as windows but it is so much better!

Thank u so much and I'm sorry to bother u with so many questions...

Originally Posted by Wild Man

This is the space it is referring too.
you can not have spacing in between the words.

You may have to start a post about taking the spaces out.
Thanks

**wildmanne39** · April 10th, 2013

Your welcome!
Enjoy!

**Pieman15** · May 16th, 2013

Hello - Within the last week, I've started to experience a slow down in my wifi connection, and I was hoping to get some sage advice. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Here's some info that I've seen others post:

Code:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
Linux Pieman 3.2.0-40-generic-pae #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 21:44:41 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Code:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0228]
    Kernel driver in use: b44
--
0c:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Dell Wireless 1490 Dual Band WLAN Mini-Card [1028:0007]
    Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge

Code:

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Code:

iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"the house"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:14:BF:38:A1:A9   
          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=46/70  Signal level=-64 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:27  Invalid misc:5   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Code:

rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

Code:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
iwlwifi               366509  0 
vboxpci                22911  0 
vboxnetadp             13328  0 
vboxnetflt             27240  0 
vboxdrv               252228  3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
btrfs                 638248  0 
zlib_deflate           26622  1 btrfs
libcrc32c              12543  1 btrfs
ufs                    78131  0 
qnx4                   13309  0 
hfsplus                83544  0 
hfs                    49479  0 
minix                  31453  0 
ntfs                  100206  0 
vfat                   17308  0 
msdos                  17132  0 
fat                    55605  2 vfat,msdos
jfs                   175085  0 
xfs                   747494  0 
reiserfs              230928  0 
ext2                   67987  0 
pci_stub               12550  1 
vesafb                 13516  1 
joydev                 17393  0 
dell_wmi               12601  0 
sparse_keymap          13658  1 dell_wmi
ip6t_LOG               16846  4 
xt_hl                  12465  6 
ip6t_rt                12473  3 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      13581  7 
nf_defrag_ipv6         13175  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
snd_hda_codec_idt      60251  1 
ipt_REJECT             12512  1 
ipt_LOG                12783  5 
snd_hda_intel          32719  3 
dell_laptop            17767  0 
dcdbas                 14098  1 dell_laptop
xt_limit               12541  12 
xt_tcpudp              12531  26 
snd_hda_codec         109562  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
xt_addrtype            12596  4 
snd_hwdep              13276  1 snd_hda_codec
xt_state               12514  14 
nvidia              10286823  44 
ip6table_filter        12711  1 
ip6_tables             18432  3 ip6t_LOG,ip6t_rt,ip6table_filter
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    12585  0 
nf_conntrack_broadcast    12541  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns
nf_nat_ftp             12595  0 
nf_nat                 24959  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack_ipv4      19084  9 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4         12649  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_conntrack_ftp       13183  1 nf_nat_ftp
nf_conntrack           73847  8 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp
iptable_filter         12706  1 
ip_tables              18106  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               22011  13 ip6t_LOG,xt_hl,ip6t_rt,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables
snd_pcm                80916  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13132  0 
r852                   17901  0 
sm_common              16772  1 r852
nand                   49667  2 r852,sm_common
nand_ids                8547  1 nand
mtd                    35584  2 sm_common,nand
nand_bch               13003  1 nand
bch                    21784  1 nand_bch
psmouse                86520  0 
serio_raw              13027  0 
r592                   17808  0 
snd_rawmidi            25424  1 snd_seq_midi
nand_ecc               13105  1 nand
memstick               15857  1 r592
snd_seq_midi_event     14475  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                51592  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac_hid                13077  0 
snd_timer              28931  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14172  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rfcomm                 38139  0 
bnep                   17830  2 
parport_pc             32114  0 
bluetooth             158479  10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev                  12849  0 
snd                    62218  15 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
wmi                    18744  1 dell_wmi
video                  19115  0 
binfmt_misc            17292  1 
soundcore              14635  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         14108  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
arc4                   12473  2 
b43                   342669  0 
mac80211              436493  2 iwlwifi,b43
cfg80211              178877  3 iwlwifi,b43,mac80211
bcma                   25651  1 b43
lp                     17455  0 
parport                40930  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
b44                    31364  0 
firewire_ohci          40172  0 
sdhci_pci              18324  0 
firewire_core          56940  1 firewire_ohci
sdhci                  28241  1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t              12627  1 firewire_core
ssb                    50691  2 b43,b44

Code:

nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            b44
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        00:1C:23:97:33:C6

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off


- Device: wlan0  [the house] ---------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            b43
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        00:1C:26:97:80:17

  Capabilities:
    Speed:           36 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    herbchillin:     Infra, C4:3D:C7:59:00:5C, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 52 WPA2
    donaylor:        Infra, 00:25:9C:EA:B3:E4, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 44 WPA WPA2
    MONARCH:         Infra, 00:1E:2A:54:3B:E2, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 47 WPA WPA2
    *the house:      Infra, 00:14:BF:38:A1:A9, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 55 WPA WPA2
    Team Jacob:      Infra, 94:44:52:07:B6:AF, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 22 WPA WPA2
    ATT8980:         Infra, 20:E5:2A:81:C9:7F, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA2
    Raymond Rawls's Network: Infra, 00:25:4B:02:DE:25, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 29 WPA WPA2
    d10b46:          Infra, 4C:72:B9:D1:0B:46, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA WPA2
    GetOffMahPoach:  Infra, 98:FC:11:7F:6D:F2, Freq 2412 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA WPA2
    NETGEAR02:       Infra, 4C:60:DE:3A:C9:6A, Freq 2442 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 32 WPA2

  IPv4 Settings:

Thread: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Thread Tools

Display

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 Slow Wireless

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions