Comment 68 for bug 341952

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Nicholas Coltharp (coltharpnicholas) wrote :

I'm having a similar problem.

I'm using an Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) with the ath5k module. Every now and then, my system freezes, but I don't know if that's the wireless's fault. However, it DOES always happen right when I'm trying to connect, so I think I have reasonable suspicion.

Furthermore, every so often, my ethernet simply refuses to connect. It will detect the networks, but it won't be able to connect to any of them, and I get the same messages that you posted. When this happens, resetting only makes the problem worse: all of the networks become invisible.

The ONLY way that I have found to fix this problem is to restart, hook the computer up to a network physically, log in, wait for the network to connect, and then unplug. Then, for some reason, my network works again.