Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

[allsaythat]

Hi all,
I've just put Ubuntu 9.10 on a Compaq Presario CQ61 with a Atheros AR9285 WiFi adapter. At first, connecting to my home (WEP) network, it works fine. However it then seems to have the signal drop off. It re-asks me for my wireless key, and I give it the correct one. After a while, it asks again. Even though the key is correct, I cannot re-connect.
It's a dual-boot machine, and the adapter and network connection work correctly from the same place while running Windows 7.
Any suggestions?

[voronin]

I have this problem too.. on my HP Pavilion dv3-2220er with Atheros AR9285 under Ubuntu 9.10.
Can anybody help?
After some time wireless connection is drops, and only reboot helps to up the wireless.

[mdshaver]

same here on my emachines laptop. mandriva 2010 has no problems with this wireless card but i do have difficulty with my ati graphics driver

[mckemie]

I, too, have an emachines laptop. I had an earlier version (9.04?) working well. Did a network upgade and finally got everything working again. I've made the mistake of doing online updates whenever prompted. Somewhere along the way, the atheros got broken but I didn't notice until I had to do one of my infrequent reboots. I installed Mepis 8 which handles the atheros well, but doesn't detect the display. Now, I'm looking for a way to repair my broken Ubuntu 9.10 atheros which has internet access only as mounted partition under Mepis.

[MCorreia]

I have the same problema, same wireless card...

I have been reading some threads about related issues, specifically the flaky connection Karmic has with wpa/wpa2 and hidden connections...

After reading a bit, it seems that there is something wrong with the Atheros drivers on Karmic's default 2.6.31 kernel. Many people recommended this fix:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic

Installing these packages should bring back backported drivers from the 2.6.32 kernel.

Most of them also recommended installing WICD, but i skipped that...

This solved my hidden connection problems and boosted up the connectivity a bit - not ideal yet...

My problem is only with WPA connections because WEP works fine. I only tried one of the packages - didn't know about the other - and the connection remained flaky. I have know installed both packages, but can't test it because i can't access/configure my connection to WPA. As soon as i can configure or access a WPA connection i'll try to say something...

In the meanwhile, i would apreciate feedback on if the packages work on AR9285...

[allsaythat]

Thanks, it worked beautifully.
It's probably a good idea not to use wicd, because when I installed it after using this fix it disabled all my wireless until I re-installed the gnome network manager.

[donmatas]

I have the same problema, same wireless card...

I have been reading some threads about related issues, specifically the flaky connection Karmic has with wpa/wpa2 and hidden connections...

After reading a bit, it seems that there is something wrong with the Atheros drivers on Karmic's default 2.6.31 kernel. Many people recommended this fix:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic
sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic

Installing these packages should bring back backported drivers from the 2.6.32 kernel.


In the meanwhile, i would apreciate feedback on if the packages work on AR9285...

It work for me with the sambsung n210

thanks!

DM