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Why does my internet speed roughly *double* when switching from Ubuntu to Win XP?

From the same Ethernet-socket from the same machine (IBM Thinkpad X41) I get > 40 Mbps from Win XP ~ 18 Mbps from Ubuntu Apart from the fact that I'm officially paying for 50 Mbps and that for ...
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Problem with wifi driver

I have a issue with wireless connection on Asus X51L notebook. I am able to connect with using Windows 7 with latency 1ms to my AP. But when I am using Ubuntu 12.10 the latency is 480 and more ms and ...
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How to make modem faster?

I am new and I just installed Ubuntu on my desktop. Do I have to install drivers for my modem for it to download fast? Because the download speed I am getting is really slow compared to my mac.