Toshiba laptop wireless networking erratic and slow

[Jim Byrnes]

On 03/03/2014 11:38 AM, Peter Smout wrote:
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> On 03/03/14 17:15, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 3 March 2014 17:08, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> I think I am on the latest.
>>>
>>> ~$ uname -a
>>> Linux 3.2.0-59-generic #90-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 7 22:43:51 UTC 2014 x86_64
>>> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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>>
>> Are you sure that you are running Saucy as you say? Saucy is version
>> 13.10 and comes with kernel 3.11.
>>
>> You have a roughly 2-year-old kernel there, which implies you're
>> running Precise (12.04) and have not upgraded to one of the newer
>> kernels Precise offers.
>>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry to come so late to this thread, but I suffered from a similar
> issue on 12.04, in that wifi would keep dropping out and going from
> fast(ish) to dead slow in the space of seconds. Running Acer Aspire 5720
> with Intel wireless adaptor (no additional drivers needed, just the
> default one bundled with kernel).
> I noticed the problem disappear when I upgraded to 13.10 so the advice
> about upgraded kernel rings true with me also.
>
> Note: normal (sudo) apt-get update/upgrade no-longer does kernel
> upgrades, apt-get dist-upgrade does!!
>
> Regards
>

Pete,

See my reply to Liam, I entered that command on the wrong machine.

Regards,  Jim