this worked for Chrissy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4980270&postcount=20
"sudo iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M and then shut off my wireless and then turned it back on" so probably the /etc/network/interfaces modification suggested in the post will work (as a workaround, I guess). -- WiFi card is slow in 8.04 beta 5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215529 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