11.10 slow wireless on thinkpad t420

Asked by Josh Buser

Hello,

I am having issues with my wireless connection slowing down after a few minutes of browsing (starts aroud 7 mb/s, drops to 0.3 mb/s). When I disconnect and reconnect to my network, the connection speeds up for a minute or two. The computer is set up to dual boot into windows 7, and the connection in windows is fast. I have tried turning off power management, changing to the google DNS server, and making and installing the driver from realtek. I have also tried swapping out the router with no improvement.

Thanks for your help,
Josh

joshron@joshron-ThinkPad-T420:~$ sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'icd|etwork'; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for joshron:

*-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 04
       serial: 00:21:cc:5e:33:a2
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.3.10-k2 firmware=0.13-3 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:40 memory:d2600000-d261ffff memory:d262b000-d262bfff ioport:6080(size=32)
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: ec:55:f9:c1:c1:75
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.0.0-13-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.106 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:d2500000-d2503fff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 40:4A:03:E0:16:D2
                    Channel:3
                    Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
                    Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"aquanet2"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=0000001705031fb4
                    Extra: Last beacon: 748ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0008617175616E657432
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030103
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD7A0050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010555555550000C0A80001404A03E016D2102100055A7958454C1023000F5A7958454C2057464144657669636510240007504B353030305A1042000830303030303030311054000800060050F20400011011000A504B353030305A20415010080002008C
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:F8:6A:7F:29
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"aquanet"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000017f053dde0
                    Extra: Last beacon: 84ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0007617175616E6574
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD06001018020015
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:22:B0:B1:32:BE
                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
                    Encryption key:off
                    ESSID:"dlink"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000043f337183
                    Extra: Last beacon: 276ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0005646C696E6B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: Unknown: 200100
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101020003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340B001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160B001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD7B0050F204104A00011010440001011041000100103B00010310470010565AA94967C14C0EAA8FF349E6F5931110210006442D4C696E6B1023000D442D4C696E6B20526F75746572102400074449522D363135104200046E6F6E651054000800060050F204000110110006442D4C696E6B100800020084103C000101
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:23:A3:92:32:A0
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"LoMo"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000001dbde29ef34
                    Extra: Last beacon: 884ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 00044C6F4D6F
                    IE: Unknown: 010582848B960C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0107
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 [8086:1c12] (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1c18] (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c4f] (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
0d:00.0 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e823] (rev 05)
0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host Controller [1180:e832] (rev 04)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b221 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                               system Notebook
/0 bus 4177CTO
/0/1 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2
/0/1/2 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/1/3 memory 256KiB L2 cache
/0/1/4 memory 4MiB L3 cache
/0/1/3.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.3 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.4 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.5 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.6 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.7 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.8 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.9 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.a processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.b processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.c processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.d processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.e processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.f processor Logical CPU
/0/1/3.10 processor Logical CPU
/0/5 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/5/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333
/0/5/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/e memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami
/0/100/2 display 2nd Generation Core Processor Fami
/0/100/16 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/19 eth0 network 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
/0/100/1a bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1b multimedia 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1c bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1c.4 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1c.4/0 generic Ricoh Co Ltd
/0/100/1c.4/0.3 bus FireWire Host Controller
/0/100/1d bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1f bridge QM67 Express Chipset Family LPC Co
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB HITACHI HTS72323
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 1200MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 125GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 15GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 156GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 152GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/4/6 /dev/sda6 volume 3982MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM UJ8A0A
/0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Famil
/1 power 42T4911
Linux joshron-ThinkPad-T420 3.0.0-13-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 2 13:25:36 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.494580] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.499303] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.674937] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 2 docks/bays found
[ 0.674939] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.680607] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.680616] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.680635] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.685503] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.687268] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.687318] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #2
[ 0.687363] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #3
[ 0.687368] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.691454] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.756050] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.756332] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.758866] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.112320] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.185096] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.205057] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.225963] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.252557] sdhci-pci 0000:0d:00.0: SDHCI controller found [1180:e823] (rev 5)
[ 1.252621] mmc0: no vmmc regulator found
[ 1.448664] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 00:21:cc:5e:33:a2
[ 1.448667] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 1.448711] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 10, PHY: 11, PBA No: 1000FF-0FF
[ 1.496617] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.629030] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.724323] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.740299] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.872711] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.944176] usb 1-1.6: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 6.346564] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.280721] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 8.699752] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 8.699761] rtl8192ce 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 9.088503] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[ 9.088888] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
[ 9.098338] thinkpad_acpi: radio switch found; radios are enabled
[ 9.938770] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Integrated Camera (04f2:b221)
[ 9.940263] input: Integrated Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.6/1-1.6:1.0/input/input7
[ 9.940320] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 10.470142] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 10.470226] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 10.470314] input: HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 14.772462] IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
[ 15.438942] type=1400 audit(1321937518.736:16): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/mission-control-5" pid=949 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 15.439201] type=1400 audit(1321937518.736:17): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/telepathy/telepathy-*" pid=949 comm="apparmor_parser"
[ 16.541424] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 16.546192] rtl8192c: Loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
[ 16.886148] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 17.078443] rtl8192c: Loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
[ 20.037053] wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 20.038889] wlan0: authenticated
[ 20.059176] wlan0: associate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 20.061248] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4)
[ 20.061250] wlan0: associated
[ 20.061630] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 30.531051] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 2169.281924] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 2170.383519] wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 2170.388706] wlan0: authenticated
[ 2170.389256] wlan0: associate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 2170.391395] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4)
[ 2170.391398] wlan0: associated
[ 3707.754582] usb 2-1.2: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 3952.619610] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 3
[ 4845.695860] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 4846.754710] wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 4846.757602] wlan0: authenticated
[ 4846.757769] wlan0: associate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 4846.762576] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4)
[ 4846.762579] wlan0: associated
[ 5434.507601] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 by local choice (reason=3)
[ 5435.617895] wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 5435.621658] wlan0: authenticated
[ 5435.622546] wlan0: associate with 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (try 1)
[ 5435.624748] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:18:f8:6a:7f:29 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=4)
[ 5435.624761] wlan0: associated
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Supported by CPU
 Manufacturer: Samsung
 Serial Number: 9635BB7A
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Release Date: 03/31/2011
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Product Name: 4177CTO
 Serial Number: R8A2FDA
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Product Name: 4177CTO
 Serial Number: 1ZJJP151526
 Manufacturer: LENOVO
 Serial Number: R8A2FDA
 Manufacturer: LGC
 SBDS Serial Number: 2BDF
 SBDS Manufacture Date: 2011-04-25
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"aquanet"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:F8:6A:7F:29
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=53/70 Signal level=-57 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:100 Missed beacon:0

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 3705: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file ../../dbus/dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
11: PCI 19.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.+AB8SqD5u31
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:19.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:19.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Intel Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x1502
  SubVendor: pci 0x17aa "Lenovo"
  SubDevice: pci 0x21ce
  Revision: 0x04
  Driver: "e1000e"
  Driver Modules: "e1000e"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xd2600000-0xd261ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xd262b000-0xd262bfff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x6080-0x609f (rw)
  IRQ: 40 (2883 events)
  HW Address: 00:21:cc:5e:33:a2
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00001502sv000017AAsd000021CEbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: e1000e is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e1000e"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

22: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.UeJiuJGes38
  Parent ID: qTvu.ciXCN4n2HDD
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8176
  SubVendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  SubDevice: pci 0x8195
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "rtl8192ce"
  Driver Modules: "rtl8192ce"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  I/O Ports: 0x5000-0x5fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xd2500000-0xd2503fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (297756 events)
  HW Address: ec:55:f9:c1:c1:75
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008176sv000010ECsd00008195bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: rtl8192ce is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe rtl8192ce"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #15 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 944 0.0 0.1 27920 5012 ? Ssl 20:51 0:00 NetworkManager
root 3008 0.0 0.0 2736 1220 ? S 22:22 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/dhclient-wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-14c286b3-61cd-4037-854b-ad8e3c9c9aa3-wlan0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf wlan0
joshron 3719 0.0 0.0 4444 788 pts/0 S+ 22:28 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38408 0
bnep 17923 2
bluetooth 148839 10 rfcomm,bnep
parport_pc 32114 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31426 1
snd_hda_codec_conexant 52418 1
uvcvideo 67271 0
videodev 85626 1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_intel 24262 2
snd_hda_codec 91754 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80468 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
thinkpad_acpi 73942 0
arc4 12473 2
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
rtl8192ce 75448 0
joydev 17393 0
snd_rawmidi 25241 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
rtl8192c_common 69519 1 rtl8192ce
rtlwifi 95614 1 rtl8192ce
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
mac80211 393459 3 rtl8192ce,rtl8192c_common,rtlwifi
snd_timer 28932 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
cfg80211 172392 2 rtlwifi,mac80211
i915 505108 3
snd 55902 15 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,thinkpad_acpi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper 32889 1 i915
drm 192226 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
soundcore 12600 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13199 1 i915
mei 36466 0
psmouse 73673 0
serio_raw 12990 0
video 18908 1 i915
tpm_tis 14002 0
nvram 14029 1 thinkpad_acpi
wmi 18744 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci 35854 0
firewire_core 56937 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12627 1 firewire_core
ahci 21634 2
libahci 25727 1 ahci
e1000e 139814 0
sdhci_pci 13658 0
sdhci 27360 1 sdhci_pci
joshron@joshron-ThinkPad-T420:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

If you run:

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf . /dev/null

Then try the web, is it faster?

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Josh Buser (josh-buser) said :
#2

This is the output I recieved when running the command:

joshron@joshron-ThinkPad-T420:~$ echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf . /dev/null
[sudo] password for joshron:
tee: .: Is a directory
nameserver 8.8.8.8
joshron@joshron-ThinkPad-T420:~$

It still seems to have worked, though (unless the problem worked itself out or something strange). I have been browsing for about 20 minutes without the speed dropping like it used to.

Thank you for your help!

-josh

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

Yes, your wifi is failing to collect DNS via wifi. So that command overwrites the settings with Google's public DNS. If after updates you get the same issue, you will need this guide to make the settings stick:
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html