Toshiba laptop wireless networking erratic and slow

[Peter Smout]

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On 03/03/14 17:15, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 3 March 2014 17:08, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I think I am on the latest.
>>
>> ~$ uname -a
>> Linux 3.2.0-59-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 7 22:43:51 UTC 2014 x86_64
>> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> Are you sure that you are running Saucy as you say? Saucy is version
> 13.10 and comes with kernel 3.11.
> 
> You have a roughly 2-year-old kernel there, which implies you're
> running Precise (12.04) and have not upgraded to one of the newer
> kernels Precise offers.
> 
Hi,

Sorry to come so late to this thread, but I suffered from a similar
issue on 12.04, in that wifi would keep dropping out and going from
fast(ish) to dead slow in the space of seconds. Running Acer Aspire 5720
with Intel wireless adaptor (no additional drivers needed, just the
default one bundled with kernel).
I noticed the problem disappear when I upgraded to 13.10 so the advice
about upgraded kernel rings true with me also.

Note: normal (sudo) apt-get update/upgrade no-longer does kernel
upgrades, apt-get dist-upgrade does!!

Regards

Pete S
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