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  1. Bug #1160188
  2. Comment #84

Comment 84 for bug 1160188

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In , gfmichaud (gfmichaud-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

Since last week I've tested a few things that do seem to improve connection quality and range :
- switching to WPA2 (TKIP) instead of WPA
- switching to a channel with a greater number (from 4 to 11)
- disabling ANI
- disabling power management

I've added in /etc/pm/power.d/wireless :
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath9k/disable_ani
/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 power off

So yes it helps.
However it is not perfect : 50% of the time network is not detected at boot, or the connection drops down after a moment. But 50% of the time it works just fine (particularly on mornings, I don't know why...? Guess it has something to do with the neighbours ?).