wifi shows nearly 0 awalabillity and doesn't connect when Vista show full awalabillity and connects no problem

[olemagnus]

I have a Packard Bell EasyNote MX52-B-701NCD AMD64 1,8GHz 4GB RAM 320GB HD ATI Radeon Xpress1200 Atheros wifi.
Running Ubuntu 8.10 with kernel linux 2.6.27-9-generic and Gnome 2.24.1.
Wifi card is atheros-ar5007.

I managed to get it working after som plundering. Although it won't nearly ever connect to the wifi at school (university)
Vista shows full wifi coverage and connects no problem.
Ibex shows nearly 0 coverage and doesn't connect. (actually it does if there is nearly noone else at school, but the signal si so weak)
At home it connects ok, but there i'm in the same room as the wifi router.

I think this is a reason that many don't use Linux distros at my school... PLEASE HELP.

Edited 21.02.09:

This problem is now fixed. I got 100% and i can go online whenever i want.
I think the problem got fixed about a mounth ago, either by Ubuntu update or by the network people at my school.

Thank you for your time and effort:)

[dave b. (d+b)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because your bug report didn't include enough information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager. If you have trouble, do not hesitate to ask for more assistance. Thanks in advance.

[dave b. (d+b)]

-> he says it was fixed by an update.