Toshiba laptop wireless networking erratic and slow

[Jim Byrnes]

On 03/03/2014 12:30 PM, Peter Smout wrote:
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> On 03/03/14 18:24, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 3 March 2014 18:04, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Did you hear that sound?  That was me hitting myself on the side of my head.
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>> Aw bless! :-D
>>
>>> You're right.  I saw the request for info and immediately opened  a
>>> terminal. The only problem was I was on my desktop running (you guessed it)
>>> 12.04.
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>>> OK just fired up my laptop, here is the correct info:
>>>
>>> Linux 3.11.0.17-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 21:52:43 UTC 2014
>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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>> Ah, well, then, in that case, I'm afraid I don't know. I'd have
>> suggested updating the kernel too and you can't, you're on the current
>> one.
>>
>> Does a different OS on the machine have the same problem? Do you
>> dual-boot? If not you might be able to test it with a LiveCD or
>> bootable USB.
>>
>>  From a quick Google, that looks like a very recent/modern machine. As
>> such it might also be worth a try with the pre-release test version of
>> Trusty.
>>
>> Also, it might be worth checking your firmware is fully updated.
>>
>> Other than that, I've nothing inspired to suggest, I'm sorry to say.
>>
>>
> if ideas are running low, I'll mention that a friend of mine (running
> win Vista at the time) had a similar problem on his laptop, and it
> turned out that the 'aerial' had come off the card inside his machine
> (be warned warranty may be affected)
>
> Pete S

If all else fails I will give that a try.  It almost feels like 
hardware, it seems the longer the laptop is on the better chance I have 
of connecting.  Will have to test that theory when I get time.

Thanks,  Jim