atheros 9285 on sony vaio vpc-ea1s1e

Bug #591911 reported by Diego Zanette
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linux (Ubuntu)
Expired
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Bug Description

 loss of connectivy in wifi mode.
the computer is connected to the Access Point, but when I try to download a file or visit a web page the speed connection decrease to 0kb/sec.
After a few seconds (5-10) the connection speed return to 5-10 kb/sec for 2-3 seconds, but then the speed decrease to 0kb/sec.
Using on the same notebook windows 7 with the same acces point the wifi card works great.

Linux Sony-Vaio 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2

lshw -c network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 78:dd:08:cc:ed:8e
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k ip=192.168.1.3 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn

Tags: kj-expired
Changed in ubuntu:
assignee: nobody → Ben Francis (wirelessben)
assignee: Ben Francis (wirelessben) → ubuntu (inside-wireless)
assignee: ubuntu (inside-wireless) → Elis (elisavhelesburg)
assignee: Elis (elisavhelesburg) → nobody
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Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine) wrote :

Can you run "apport-collect 591911" so we can have more information about your bug?

affects: ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee) wrote :

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu development release http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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tags: added: kj-expired
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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whome (whome) wrote :

I tried to run "apport-collect 591911" but I am not the author of the bug report so it fails. How can I help you to solve this bug?

I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Sony Vaio VPC-EA1S1E.

whome (whome)
description: updated
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whome (whome) wrote :

I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 and the problem is solved.

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