Comment 3 for bug 289811

Got the same problem with rt2500pci, the speed is only 1Mb. Executing 'sudo iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M' sets the rate to 54Mb:

~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

~$ uname -a
Linux neclaptop 2.6.28-13-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 2 07:57:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

~$ lsmod | grep ^rt
rt2500pci 23936 0
rt2x00pci 15616 1 rt2500pci
rt2x00lib 37888 2 rt2500pci,rt2x00pci

~$ lspci|grep RaL
02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)

~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"THEHILL"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:16:01:A1:0F:56
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=49/100 Signal level:-62 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sudo iwconfig wlan1 rate 54M

~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"THEHILL"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:16:01:A1:0F:56
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/100 Signal level:-56 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0