I also performed the rmmod/modprobe followed by the wget below. sudo rmmod iwl3945 iwlcore mac80211 cfg80211 sudo modprobe iwl3945 wget -b http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs-Ubuntu/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso
The snippet from attached wget-log.txt that points out the slowdown is: 1600K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 0% 315K 36m56s 1650K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 0% 405K 36m42s 1700K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 0% 158K 37m47s 1750K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 0% 124K 39m22s I stopped the download at the 1% mark as it didn't change significantly. ** Attachment added: "wget-log.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/621265/+attachment/1864912/+files/wget-log.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/621265 Title: Slow Wireless Connection in Intel 3945abg -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs