Comment 93 for bug 291760

Here's the quick and dirty 32bit i386 fix:

https://launchpad.net/~volanin/+archive/ppa/+build/1124266/+files/network-manager_0.7.1~rc4.1.cf199a964-0ubuntu2-volanin1_i386.deb

Also, just to verify that it is NOT a driver issue, I tried getting network manager to play with ndiswrappered wifi drivers, and I experienced the SAME thing, even with ath_pci and ath5k were rmmodded.

However, I did see a boost in signal by about 50%.

Anyway, either use wcid or volanin's patched up nm deb to fix the dropping problem (and additionally the 1m/s bit rate issue) and ndiswrapper for AR5008 bad signals.

Good luck!