I have a HP Pavillion 500-203A with RT3290 chipset and simply inserted by own Ubuntu 12.04 disk. I successfully compiled the proprietary drivers according to this guide: https://askubuntu.com/a/253660/22921 (one of its alternative versions somewhere), but only with Kernel 3.2.0-29
The connection is stable, no 3290 related messages appear in dmesg, but the connection is somewhat slower than on cable:
Cable connection is http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3624414085
Wifi connection is http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3624419046
I find it strange that download speed is slower than upload?
Any ideas on how to improve on this?