I recently tried building a few Linux VMs on a VMWare ESXi 5.0 host. All the virtual machines experienced very low network speed ( Configuration > Software:Advanced Settings. Select Net and scroll down slightly more than half way. Set the following parameters from 1 to 0: Net.VmxnetSwLROSL Net.Vmxnet3SwLRO Net.Vmxnet3HwLRO Net.Vmxnet2SwLRO Net.Vmxnet2HwLRO Reboot the ESXi host [...]

The easiest way to see what is the speed of your wifi link is to click on the Airport icon in the menu bar while pushing the Option/Alt key. Here is a screenshot:

I recently configured a Netgear WGT634U access point running OpenWRT Kamikaze 8.09.2 to use a HUAWEI E1750 3G modem. The HUAWEI E1750 is sold under different names, some people report it as E220 or E1752. You should check in /proc/bus/usb/devices what is the vendor and product id of your 3G modem. You should see the [...]