>waddayaknow, previous comment was not entirely correct. It should have read:
>
>sudo su
>echo -e '#!/bin/sh\niwconfig eth1 rate 5.5M auto' > /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/fixed-rate
>echo -e '#!/bin/sh\niwconfig eth1 rate 5.5M auto' > /etc/network/if-up.d/fixed-rate
>chmod a+x /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/fixed-rate /etc/network/if-up.d/fixed-rate
>exit
>
>The files must be executable. Sorry for the noise.
>
>Peter
>waddayaknow, previous comment was not entirely correct. It should have read: sh\niwconfig eth1 rate 5.5M auto' > /etc/network/ if-pre- up.d/fixed- rate sh\niwconfig eth1 rate 5.5M auto' > /etc/network/ if-up.d/ fixed-rate if-pre- up.d/fixed- rate /etc/network/ if-up.d/ fixed-rate
>
>sudo su
>echo -e '#!/bin/
>echo -e '#!/bin/
>chmod a+x /etc/network/
>exit
>
>The files must be executable. Sorry for the noise.
>
>Peter
Works like a charm on my hp 6710b!
Speed raised from approx 108kBps to 2204kBps