I confirm this bug with Karmic. To set the bit rate manually doesn't work anymore. The bit rate seems to have been changed but the connection is still very slow and the connectivity is poor.
~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Reseau_maison" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:07:CB:53:DD:50 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 ~$ uname -a Linux bellerophon 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ~$ modinfo rt2500pci filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko license: GPL description: Ralink RT2500 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver. version: 2.3.0 author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com srcversion: 017B67DDC35630260307788 alias: pci:v00001814d00000201sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6 vermagic: 2.6.31-14-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586 -- [Hardy][Intrepid] Low bandwidth with rt2400 / rt2500 drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190515 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