Porteus

web surfing is noticebly slower, torrents are many times slower than normal

router is configured correctly as i get good speed in windows

i suspect firmware drivers arent cutting it even with the latest from slackware repo

ralink drivers are available on asus website but i havent a clue how to install them or make a module

please help as i really like porteus and want to continue using it, but this internet speed is painfully slow

http://pastebin.com/BjeVEXd8

according to an online speed test i'm only getting 5mbps down

does porteus come with the rt2870sta driver because i think thats what i need

i tried modprobe rt2870sta but that didnt work

After a quick search around it appears this amy be an upstream kernel bug.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1132381

From a console you can see which kernel module is being loaded with: nm-tool

From the info you uploaded it looks like: rtl8192cu

Some other people have had success by unloading the module and reloading with:
modprobe -r rtl8192cu
modprobe rtl8192cu swenc=1
Make sure you disconnect from the wifi first.

Ralink is not the same as Realtek (and your have a realtek chipset).

if the brokenman's trick wont help then kernel upgrade is the last resort. there is kernel compilation HOWTO posted on the main site if you are interested.

sorry brokenman that trick didnt work

its 2am here now so i might try a kernel compilation tomorrow but will that work my kernel is already 3.9.11

it seems theres two revisions of the usb-n13 one with a ralink chipset and the other with realtek chipset how can i be sure which one i have?

actually brokenman on closer inspection that trick seems to have worked. still testing it out but its more than usable atleast until a new porteus version comes out, so i'm marking this thread as solved, thanks for you help

Beauty. Hopefully the next kernel version module works out for you. This chipset has been troublesome.