Solving Slow Wi-Fi(Internet) Connection in Fedora 15

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AllForLinux.com • 2 Comments

Hey guys, I just recently migrated to Fedora 15(but still also using ubuntu :) ), and already got a problem with the internet connection via wifi.

The connection goes really slow like hell, and yet very unresponsive due to the bug(some users also reported as well).

Well, I think I got the solution for that. Please follow this easy instruction.

You just need to go to the terminal and type:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Then you will enter the nano editor and type this following command:

iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M
exit 0

* Note that you might need to install nano first by typing:

yum install nano

 

Just logout / reboot your computer and it should have fix everything :)

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2 Responses to Solving Slow Wi-Fi(Internet) Connection in Fedora 15

  1. nightbaron says:
    August 5, 2011 at 7:51 am

    I’ve tried several different solutions online, including changing DNS server and set transmission power of wireless card and caching DNS result.

    None of those really solved my problem.

    Finally I solved it by updating to kernel 2.6.40. It really worked.

    Now by using iwconfig I can see the the transmission power of wireless card is increased from 45Mbps to 150Mbps. This seems to be the difference I noticed so far.

  2. AllForLinux.com says:
    August 5, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    Thanks for the solution! :D
    I really appreciate it.

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