Problem with Ubuntu and router

[Scott]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Well, getting webpages requires an HTTP GET, in effect an 'upload' of sorts.
It looks like I can send up really small amounts, but not much.  Less 
than 2KB as I was not able to upload a 1.7KB text file using FTP.

> Wow, that's kinda nuts.  with the router in the middle, what kinda of 
> traceroutes are you seeing to places like google?
It seems okay, but slower than normal.  this is what I got to google.ca:

  1  sms5.bmts.com (216.183.138.1)  18.755 ms  19.495 ms  19.881 ms
  2  sms5.bmts.com (216.183.138.1)  21.582 ms  22.205 ms  23.141 ms
  3  owsd-crtr-01-se400.bmts.com (216.183.131.29)  24.431 ms  25.749 ms 
  26.676 ms
  4  142.46.7.13 (142.46.7.13)  30.847 ms  33.150 ms  34.757 ms
  5  142.46.128.53 (142.46.128.53)  36.463 ms  39.324 ms  40.635 ms
  6  gw-google.torontointernetxchange.net (198.32.245.6)  43.042 ms 
18.163 ms  126.633 ms
  7  72.14.233.112 (72.14.233.112)  30.572 ms  32.922 ms  36.749 ms
  8  209.85.248.216 (209.85.248.216)  42.428 ms 66.249.94.235 
(66.249.94.235)  46.816 ms  48.485 ms
  9  72.14.238.138 (72.14.238.138)  65.237 ms  66.856 ms 216.239.48.69 
(216.239.48.69)  145.933 ms
10  216.239.47.1 (216.239.47.1)  70.803 ms  71.682 ms  73.377 ms
11  216.239.49.222 (216.239.49.222)  76.119 ms  77.445 ms  79.294 ms
12  jc-in-f104.google.com (64.233.187.104)  57.158 ms  60.777 ms  62.122 ms


>  To me, this sounds 
> like a bad wireless driver perhaps.
I'm using a Intel wireless driver, but my desktop which uses an ethernet 
cable haves the same problem.

> Can you shut down WPA briefly and 
> try uploading again?
I completely disabled the wireless security and that did not help at all.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott
http://sgaming.org

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