[Bug 416488] [NEW] poor wireless range on MSI Wind U123; updated drivers not default?

[Dan Kegel]

Public bug reported:

http://www.examiner.com/x-9438-SF-Business-Tech-Examiner~y2009m8d19-Adventures-with-Linux-in-business
is a very public bug report about poor range on an MSI Wind U123 with Ubuntu 9.04.  He wrote:

"All went well until I tried to connect to the Internet with the Wind’s internal wireless LAN card (a Realtek RTL8187SE.) It worked fine five feet from the Access Point. However, when I walked to another room in my not-so-palatial home, the signal stayed strong but the connection dropped. I tried reinstalling and updating the WLAN drivers, changing Access Points, and even boosting the power on the Access Point. Nothing I did fixed the issue. I had no connectivity unless I was right on top of the Access Point.
... So I blew out Ubuntu Linux on my new MSI Wind and reinstalled Windows XP Home. The Wireless LAN card immediately came up. I now had WLAN coverage all over my palatial mansion."

http://wiki.msiwind.net/index.php/Ubuntu_9.04_Jaunty_Jackalope 
and a comment on the Examiner article recommend doing
sudo apt-get install rtl8187se-source
sudo m-a a-i rtl8187se
to fix the problem.

If that really fixes the problem, the bug is that users have to apply that workaround.
Can we get that fixed for Karmic, at least?

** Affects: rtl8187se (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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poor wireless range on MSI Wind U123; updated drivers not default?
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