Comment 147 for bug 190515

I confirm this bug with Karmic. To set the bit rate manually doesn't work anymore.
The bit rate seems to have been changed but the connection is still very slow and the connectivity is poor.

~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Reseau_maison"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: 00:07:CB:53:DD:50
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=33/70 Signal level=-77 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

~$ uname -a
Linux bellerophon 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

~$ modinfo rt2500pci
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko
license: GPL
description: Ralink RT2500 PCI & PCMCIA Wireless LAN driver.
version: 2.3.0
author: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com
srcversion: 017B67DDC35630260307788
alias: pci:v00001814d00000201sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,eeprom_93cx6
vermagic: 2.6.31-14-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586