It took me a day, many reboots, and only worse performance:
I installed linux-backports-modules-hardy (NOT the -386, as I inadvertently did, or the -rt, but the -generic, as automatically selected).
Speed still set to 1 Mb instead of 54Mb.
Dramatic worse performance after a connection was broken due to bad signal: I could not het the PC to work as a router, except after rebooting.
Installing linux-backports-modules-hardy STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
It took me a day, many reboots, and only worse performance: -modules- hardy (NOT the -386, as I inadvertently did, or the -rt, but the -generic, as automatically selected). -modules- hardy STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
I installed linux-backports
Speed still set to 1 Mb instead of 54Mb.
Dramatic worse performance after a connection was broken due to bad signal: I could not het the PC to work as a router, except after rebooting.
Installing linux-backports