Extremely Slow Wifi Speeds After Installing Ubuntu
November 17, 2011 Category :Linux 0
The other day I decided to install Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot nativly on my Dell Studio 1737 laptop. Everything went great except for one thing. When it came time to connect to the Internet or any network resource for that matter I was reminded of the days of dial up in that things were VERY slow. The problem seems to be with the iwlagn module produced by the iwlwifi Linux kernel driver which supports several Intel wireless LAN adapters. There would seem to be a bug in it causing a huge speed decrease when conneted to a 802.11n network. The only solutions I found was to do one of the following things: » Continue Reading