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[Jeret]

Hello everyone.  I have been using ubuntu for about 2 years now.  
Loving  it.  I started with Mandriva linux, but came across Ubuntu a few 
years ago.  Took a little getting used to, becasue where I used to live, 
I could only get dial-up.  And Ubuntu did not, and still does not 
support the dial-up modem in my laptop.  Had to go to a local coffee 
shop to get wifi access.  But now I have wifi at home to a cable ISP.  
Sooooo much better.  

Anyways, I also  had problems with my wifi, a realtec 8187b.  I needed 
to wait until Ubuntu Itrepid for the major fix.  I still had some 
smaller issues.  At my desk I am about ten feet from the wireless 
router.  At times I would have difficulties connecting/communicating 
with the router.  I would move the laptop around to try to get a better 
connection.   I was only ten feet away.  And if I move about 20 feet 
away, I would get no connection, even though the network manager wifi 
icon showed that I had enough signal to work.  I have found a fix, and I 
want to share it.  I found the fix on a forum, but I want the fix to be 
easier to find, so I would like to include the solution in Ubuntu's 
Docs.  Or is the Wiki the better place for that?