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On Friday, July 26, 2013, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:

> Any hope of having this problem fixed in an official kernel in raring?  It
> seem to affect Packard Bell EasyNote LV,
> http://www.linlap.com/packard_bell_easynote_lv .  The network connection
> seem to fall out after a few minutes.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160188
>
> Title:
>   ATH9K wireless signal weak
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
> Status in “linux” package in Gentoo Linux:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter has a low signal when in close range
>   of station.
>
>   I disabled hardware encryption with putting:
>     options ath9k nohwcrypt=1
>   in
>     /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
>
>   That doesn't seemed to help.
>
>   The signal has 2 bars while it has full strength in windows. (I am 2
>   meters away from the wifi station)
>
>   s400ca:~$ rfkill list all
>   2: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
>    Soft blocked: no
>    Hard blocked: no
>   3: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth
>    Soft blocked: no
>    Hard blocked: no
>   4: hci0: Bluetooth
>    Soft blocked: no
>    Hard blocked: no
>   5: phy0: Wireless LAN
>    Soft blocked: no
>    Hard blocked: no
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
>   Package: linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic 3.5.0-26.42
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42-generic 3.5.7.6
>   Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  jintux     1988 F.... pulseaudio
>   Date: Tue Mar 26 06:33:06 2013
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-25 (0 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64
> (20121017.5)
>   MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. S400CA
>   MarkForUpload: True
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-26-generic
> root=UUID=52689dee-4881-48b6-8cca-602e15292652 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-26-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-26-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                            1.95
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 09/28/2012
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: S400CA.203
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>   dmi.board.name: S400CA
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrS400CA.203:bd09/28/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnS400CA:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnS400CA:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: S400CA
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
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