[ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireless VERY VERY slow

[Gordon]

Neil Greenwood wrote:
> 2009/3/28 Gordon <gbplinux at gmail.com>:
>> Matthew Daubney wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 08:10 +0000, Gordon wrote:
>>>> Installed 8.10 using WUBI on my Toshiba Satellite L40.
>>>> Realtek 8187B Wireless card will see the network and connect to it, but
>>>> is so slow as to be unusable.
>>>> Are there any "fixes" that people know about for this?
>>> Hiya,
>>>
>>> I've got a USB wireless dongle that uses this chipset and have had
>>> similar problems. There is a very old bug report at
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275302 and I've
>>> emailed the people who are listed as the module developers, but had no
>>> response. It looks like the device just randomly drops a LOT of packets.
>>> I've had a quick look at trying to fix it myself, but I don't really
>>> understand how these things work!
>>>
>>> Not very helpful I know, some people have had some success with
>>> ndiswrapper, a horrible hack I know, but if it works?
>>>
>>> -Matt Daubney
>>>
>>>
>> I've been looking at this:
>> http://zenzike.blogspot.com/2008/11/wireless-woes.html
>> which seems to have had a good response - however I get into trouble
>> with the patching process - there is apparently no command "patch" in
>> Ubuntu, and when I go to Synaptic to install it, there is no "patch"
>> available.
>> Any ideas on that one?
>>
> 
> Yep, this should be easy to solve! Try installing the
> 'build-essential' package using your favourite method.
> 
> If you're not familiar with installing software on Ubuntu, choose
> 'Synaptic Package Manager' from the 'System > Administration' menu,
> then search for the package name. Click on the empty checkbox and
> choose to mark for installation. At the bottom, click the Apply button
> and it will install.
> I might have missed a step here, so shout if you need more help.
> 
> Cofion,
> Neil.
> 

Thanks - the major problem is that the internet connection is SO slow 
that I can't install packages. Is there somewhere I can download the 
*.deb file on another machine and install it that way?