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    Question Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    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?

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    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.

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    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

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    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.

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    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:

    Code:
    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...
    Last edited by MCorreia; January 7th, 2010 at 10:04 PM.

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    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.

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    Thanks MCorreia - your solution worked perfectly!

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    Thank you MCorreia! My network connection is so much better now. I have been getting aggravated with it's speed since I installed Ubuntu on my system a week ago. Those two installs worked beautifully.

    -Wesd3fer

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    Hey guys I've been reading alot about the AR9285 fix for weak wireless signals and the backports install got me up from 30% to 75% sitting in the exact same spot after a reboot. I appriciate everyones post, they definately help noobs like me. Just incase others are experiancing the same problem, this fix work for UNR 9.10 on a Toshiba NB305-N410BL with AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter...Thanks again!!!

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    Re: Atheros AR9285 wireless problems, Ubuntu 9.10

    Worked like butter for me as well.

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