wifi problems atheros card

[Claude_C]

I have a Sony Vaio PCG K13Q, with a wifi Atheros AR5212 PCI 802.11abg, PCI type (reported as LAN-Express mini-pci under XP)

It worked great out of the box under Mint 8, but not in Mint 9 RC, as it did not work properly in Ubuntu 10.04 nor in previous Ubuntu 9.x

It seems like the proper driver is missing (in the kernel?) , something like ath5.

I losse the wifi connexion and what's even worse is that it affects my router, so I loose any internet connexion and I have to disconnect and reconnect my router to get the internet signal back in both my desktop (iMac) and my laptop.

I've read about Madwifi, it seems they have the right driver, but you have to compile it. Ndiswrapper could also do the job if the driver was already installed ?

I've read elsewhere on the Net that other people have problems with Atheros and Ubuntu with recent laptop, like the new Sony E Serie I'm planing to buy. People are talking about ath9, but I'm not sure I recall correctly. I hope I can install Mint 9 on the new Vaio!

I won't talk here about the sluggishness felt and the MintUpdate being slow or freezing...

For more information about my laptop and Linux : http://www.linux-laptop.net/hosted/Debian-Linux-on-Sony-PCG-k13Q.html

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Marking as upstream.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Is this problem present with the latest updates ?
Thanks
Fabio

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!