Toshiba laptop wireless networking erratic and slow

[Peter Smout]

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On 03/03/14 18:24, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 3 March 2014 18:04, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Did you hear that sound?  That was me hitting myself on the side of my head.
> 
> Aw bless! :-D
> 
>> You're right.  I saw the request for info and immediately opened  a
>> terminal. The only problem was I was on my desktop running (you guessed it)
>> 12.04.
>>
>> OK just fired up my laptop, here is the correct info:
>>
>> Linux 3.11.0.17-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 21:52:43 UTC 2014
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Ah, well, then, in that case, I'm afraid I don't know. I'd have
> suggested updating the kernel too and you can't, you're on the current
> one.
> 
> Does a different OS on the machine have the same problem? Do you
> dual-boot? If not you might be able to test it with a LiveCD or
> bootable USB.
> 
> From a quick Google, that looks like a very recent/modern machine. As
> such it might also be worth a try with the pre-release test version of
> Trusty.
> 
> Also, it might be worth checking your firmware is fully updated.
> 
> Other than that, I've nothing inspired to suggest, I'm sorry to say.
> 
> 
if ideas are running low, I'll mention that a friend of mine (running
win Vista at the time) had a similar problem on his laptop, and it
turned out that the 'aerial' had come off the card inside his machine
(be warned warranty may be affected)

Pete S
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