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| Netgear WG111 v3 usb adpator connnection / speed issues in Ubuntu I bought a new Netgear WG111 v3 USB wireless adaptor. It was detected first time in Ubuntu 10.10 and established a connection to my router immediately. Brilliant, I wish Windows was this quick!! However after about 10 minutes I noticed poor performance of this adaptor, so I ran a speed check at http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/ I was surprised to see I was only getting between 512kb and 1mb download speed, which explained why things where taking longer than usual to download. After some searching, I ended up ubuntu forums. Some users suggested I download the linux-firmware-nonfree package. I don't know what the hell this is, but with all things Ubuntu I just opened the terminal and issued the following command. sudo apt-get install linux-firmware-nonfree After installation I removed my the USB wireless adaptor, then restarted Ubuntu. Once Ubuntu had restarted I plugged the adaptor back in. I went back to http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/ and I was up and running at 6mb download. Problem solved. - Broadband Speed Checker - Ubuntu Forums Solution |
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