More on my workaround: it's independent of the network, so I just added this line to my /etc/rc.local:
# Set wireless to 54Mb/s iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M -- rt2500pci driver connects with max speed of 1Mb/s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248233 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs