Hi, I am new so forgive me if I don't do this correctly. I was wondering if someone could help with my connection. When I run windows, the connection is good. Web pages pop right up, pandora plays music without stopping, etc. When I first set up 12.04, my connection was just as good, however the last 5 weeks, my connection has gotten worse. Speetest, will give me a .02 download speed, while windows gives me 9. Both on same network. I have tried several of the suggestions found in the forums but none seem to work for me. Instead of just shooting in the dark, I thought I would try this.
My router is Linksys E2500
Below is some data:
Forgive me for just listing it all, not sure what is pertinent.

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ ping www.google.com -c 20
PING www.google.com (74.125.225.180) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=39.3 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=36.8 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=36.9 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=7 ttl=55 time=36.4 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=8 ttl=55 time=36.3 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=11 ttl=55 time=40.1 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=12 ttl=55 time=39.4 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=13 ttl=55 time=36.9 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=15 ttl=55 time=547 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=16 ttl=55 time=420 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=17 ttl=55 time=36.3 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=18 ttl=55 time=37.0 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=19 ttl=55 time=38.9 ms
64 bytes from den03s05-in-f20.1e100.net (74.125.225.180): icmp_req=20 ttl=55 time=36.3 ms

--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 14 received, 30% packet loss, time 27352ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 36.349/101.353/547.633/158.011 ms

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ modinfo rt61pci
filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-33-generic-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko
license: GPL
firmware: rt2661.bin
firmware: rt2561s.bin
firmware: rt2561.bin
description: Ralink RT61 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.3.0
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: 4E4E25FECFF46026C4F8BCC
alias: pci:v00001814d00000401sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000302sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00000301sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,crc-itu-t,eeprom_93cx6
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.2.0-33-generic-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm: nohwcryptisable hardware encryption. (bool)

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ sudo iwlist scan
sudo: unable to resolve host bill-GA-MA770T-UD3
[sudo] password for bill:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 20:AA:4B:C2:03:51
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"Dol Guldur"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000004dd3c22a7b
Extra: Last beacon: 696ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000A446F6C2047756C647572
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B001700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD7F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001 0310470010ED05F204F94E77D3B54B8552CC05730410210005 436973636F1023000D4C696E6B737973204532353030102400 0776312E302E30331042000234321054000800060050F20400 011011000D4C696E6B73797320453235303010080002008410 3C000103
IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
Cell 02 - Address: C0:3F:0E:18:B1:C6
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=38/70 Signal level=-72 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"Briano-PC-Wireless"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000004a0f48b0c9d
Extra: Last beacon: 1556ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0012427269616E6F2D50432D576972656C657373
IE: Unknown: 010882840B162430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: DD7F0050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B0001 031047001030AE3B76E6EA3C7343D799247C30984C1021000D 4E4554474541522C20496E632E102300095747523631347631 30102400095747523631347631301042000538333235381054 000800060050F2040001101100095747523631347631301008 00020084
IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0050000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
Cell 03 - Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=40/70 Signal level=-70 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:""
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000022265b23b70
Extra: Last beacon: 1568ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0000
IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
Cell 04 - Address: 28:CFA:B2:9F:BF
Channel:2
Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
Quality=42/70 Signal level=-68 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"Chuck & Missy's Network"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000005e21c290196
Extra: Last beacon: 1484ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0017436875636B2026204D697373792773204E6574776F726B
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030102
IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1E
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 2D1AAD511BFFFFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1602001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101010003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
IE: Unknown: DD0700039301740320
IE: Unknown: DD070017F203020180
IE: Unknown: DD0E0017F2070001010628CFDAB29FBF
IE: Unknown: DD0B0017F20100010100000007
Cell 05 - Address: 84:1B:5E:00:07:A5
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=60/70 Signal level=-50 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000c64ab6b183
Extra: Last beacon: 1224ms ago
IE: Unknown: 00050000000000
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030106
IE: Unknown: 050400020000
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 2F0100
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1606001700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD2C0050F204104A0001101044000102105700010110470010 A3E4F37599CC60442AA691BDFBA1F267103C000103
IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F02C0000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
Cell 06 - Address: 44:A7:CF:5F:017
Channel:7
Frequency:2.442 GHz (Channel 7)
Quality=40/70 Signal level=-70 dBm
Encryption keyn
ESSID:"Verizon MiFi2200 01D7 Secure"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=000000031d35f17a
Extra: Last beacon: 1168ms ago
IE: Unknown: 001C566572697A6F6E204D6946693232303020303144372053 6563757265
IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
IE: Unknown: 030107
IE: Unknown: 2A0100
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 07 - Address: 20:AA:4B:C2:03:53
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=50/70 Signal level=-60 dBm
Encryption keyff
ESSID:"Dol Guldur-guest"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000004dd3c25843
Extra: Last beacon: 684ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0010446F6C2047756C6475722D6775657374
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 03010B
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 2F0104
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D160B001700000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ sudo lshw -C network
sudo: unable to resolve host bill-GA-MA770T-UD3
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 06
serial: 1c:6f:65:a7:ca:b3
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:42 ioport:de00(size=256) memory:fdbff000-fdbfffff memory:fdbf8000-fdbfbfff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
vendor: Ralink corp.
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:03:06.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:19:db:05:63:6e
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt61pci driverversion=3.2.0-33-generic-pae firmware=0.8 ip=192.168.1.137 latency=32 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:20 memory:fddf0000-fddf7fff

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
bnep 17830 2
rfcomm 38139 0
bluetooth 158438 10 bnep,rfcomm
vesafb 13516 1
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31775 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 174313 1
snd_hda_intel 32765 5
snd_hda_codec 109562 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80845 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
arc4 12473 2
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ppdev 12849 0
snd 62064 20 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,s nd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rt61pci 27462 0
rt2x00pci 14202 1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib 48836 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
mac80211 436455 2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211 178679 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
wmi 18744 0
mac_hid 13077 0
eeprom_93cx6 12653 1 rt61pci
fglrx 2909855 130
psmouse 86486 0
serio_raw 13027 0
parport_pc 32114 1
soundcore 14635 1 snd
sp5100_tco 13495 0
snd_page_alloc 14108 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k10temp 12990 0
i2c_piix4 13093 0
ati_agp 13242 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
firewire_ohci 40172 0
firewire_core 56906 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 2 rt61pci,firewire_core
floppy 60310 0
pata_atiixp 12999 0
r8169 56321 0


bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ rfkill list all
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RX780/RX790 Chipset Host Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port A)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RD790 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3c)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Juniper XT [AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
03:06.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$

bill@bill-GA-MA770T-UD3:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Dol Guldur"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 20:AA:4B:C2:03:51
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=52/70 Signal level=-58 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:171 Invalid misc:852 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Thank you!!!