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

[Gordon]

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?
> 
> 

Solved! (Sort of...) it seems that the drivers supplied with Ubuntu 8.10
are very susceptible to distance, and don't like being too far away from
the WAP! I moved he laptop about 6 feet, and got 100% signal, and am
downloading updates at the top rate of our broadband as we speak!

Thanks to all who replied.
(I might see about getting another WAP to use as a bridge....)