Belkin F5D8055v1 USB Wireless 802.11n adapter loses connectivity

[Patrick Martin]

Observed when attempting to connect to Wireless network on an Ubunutu System that has otherwise been very stable.

Attempting a large download for the Ubuntu software updates appears to stall.
Other websites appear to return on data also.
Disconnecting from the Wifi network and reconnecting restores connectivity, but failure occurs again apparently around the same stage.

Reporting this from the Windows boot (the Ubunutu boot is a Wubi instance).
Fundamentally, the Windows boot seems sound, so I'm not leaning towards defective hardware as an explanation.

[Patrick Martin (patrickmmartin)]

Purely for reference - could no find anything relating to this device on askubuntu,

I did find this one reference:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man4/run.4freebsd.html

The precise device from the back panel is F5D8055 v1 ver 1000ed.

I will attempt to get some information from the Ubuntu instance

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[Patrick Martin (patrickmmartin)]

just now updated all packages to the latest today (which required a dozen or so Wifi Resets) - not seeing any issues so far.
Will run a System Test

uname -a is now

Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-40-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 21:22:10 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Patrick Martin (patrickmmartin)]

Seems fine now.

Looking in Ubuntu Software Center I see
updates:

20 October 2012 -> 27 April 2012
linux-generic 3.2.0.32.35 -> 3.2.0.40.48
linux-headers-generic 3.2.0.32.35 -> 3.2.0.40.48
linux-image-generic 3.2.0.32.35 -> 3.2.0.40.48
linux-firmware 1.79.1 -> 1.79.4
linux-libc-dev 3.2.0-32.51 -> 3.2.0-40.64

[Patrick Martin (patrickmmartin)]

System Test run - no unexpected issue or crashes.