13 messages in com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-ukRe: [ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireles...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Gordon | Mar 28, 2009 1:09 am | |
| Matthew Daubney | Mar 28, 2009 2:08 am | |
| Gordon | Mar 28, 2009 3:33 am | |
| Matthew Daubney | Mar 28, 2009 3:38 am | |
| Tony Travis | Mar 28, 2009 5:07 am | |
| Neil Greenwood | Mar 29, 2009 12:12 pm | |
| Gordon | Mar 30, 2009 6:12 am | |
| Harry Rickards | Mar 30, 2009 7:04 am | |
| Samuel Toogood | Mar 30, 2009 9:12 am | |
| Harry Rickards | Mar 30, 2009 9:24 am | |
| Neil Greenwood | Mar 30, 2009 1:24 pm | |
| Harry Rickards | Mar 30, 2009 2:24 pm | |
| Gordon | Mar 31, 2009 6:58 am |
| Subject: | Re: [ubuntu-uk] Realtek 8187b Wireless VERY VERY slow | |
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| From: | Neil Greenwood (neil...@gmail.com) | |
| Date: | Mar 29, 2009 12:12:46 pm | |
| List: | com.ubuntu.lists.ubuntu-uk | |
2009/3/28 Gordon <gbpl...@gmail.com>:
Matthew Daubney wrote:
On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 08:10 +0000, 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?
Hiya,
I've got a USB wireless dongle that uses this chipset and have had similar problems. There is a very old bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275302 and I've emailed the people who are listed as the module developers, but had no response. It looks like the device just randomly drops a LOT of packets. I've had a quick look at trying to fix it myself, but I don't really understand how these things work!
Not very helpful I know, some people have had some success with ndiswrapper, a horrible hack I know, but if it works?
-Matt Daubney
I've been looking at this: http://zenzike.blogspot.com/2008/11/wireless-woes.html which seems to have had a good response - however I get into trouble with the patching process - there is apparently no command "patch" in Ubuntu, and when I go to Synaptic to install it, there is no "patch" available. Any ideas on that one?
Yep, this should be easy to solve! Try installing the 'build-essential' package using your favourite method.
If you're not familiar with installing software on Ubuntu, choose 'Synaptic Package Manager' from the 'System > Administration' menu, then search for the package name. Click on the empty checkbox and choose to mark for installation. At the bottom, click the Apply button and it will install. I might have missed a step here, so shout if you need more help.
Cofion, Neil.