Public bug reported:
I have a Realtek RTL8187 wireless chipset on my Asus P5K Premium
motherboard. Under Gutsy and Hardy 32-bit this chip performed relatively
fine (occasional dropouts that are a known bug). Signal strength was
showing as between 60 and 70%.
I just did a clean install of Intrepid 64-bit, and the wireless is now
showing just 14% strength in Network Manager. In addition, now when
downloading larger files, it will be downloading at the full speed of my
ADSL (51 kilobytes per second) and then just drop to 3-8 kilobytes per
second for a while. This occurs with the shipping kernel as well as
2.6.27-7-generic that was an available upgrade.
Web pages can also be slow to load and sometimes just not load at all.
Turning off IPv6 has helped, but they are still slow. The connection
appears to be prone to dropping out and requiring Network Manager to
reconnect.
On my only other wireless-enabled device, my Nintendo Wii, performance
is exactly as I'd expect. The router is set to G-only, so I know the
driver can't possibly be working on a or b wireless.
EDIT: Using WPA2
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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realtek rtl8187 weak signal, occasional slow performance
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293946
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