Comment 121 for bug 124159

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clutch (clutch) wrote :

>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

Works like a charm on my hp 6710b!

Speed raised from approx 108kBps to 2204kBps