This seems to affect some of the Macs with Broadcom hardware as well.  
Oddly, oftentimes, users install wife in place of n-m and things start  
working.


Ricky

On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:18 AM, F4RR4R <email address hidden> wrote:

> I found a solution, here's a copy of my post on the ubuntuforums:
>
> Turns out that this has something to do with the Wireless & Bluetooth
> being on the same chip (or perhaps not, still working on it). In
> /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ there are two files that I had to
> modify in order to make this work:
>
> /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth
> /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan
>
> They each contain a single boolean value. The bluetooth value  
> contained
> a 1 and the wlan contained a 0. You cannot modify this values while  
> your
> system is running, therefore, the solution was to add two lines to my
> /etc/rc.local file:
>
> echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth # disable  
> bluetooth
> echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan # enable wireless
>
> As soon as I restarted, it came up with absolutely no problems.
>
> Now, it may be that they can both be enabled at the same time, I  
> haven't
> tested that far yet.
>
> -- 
> [ath9k] AR5418 frequently fails to connect to WEP/WPA network
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278190
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> Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support.
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released
> Status in Mactel Support: New
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “network-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in linux in Ubuntu Intrepid: Triaged
> Status in network-manager in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> The wireless network can be seen, and occasionally connects after a  
> cold boot. Most of the time network-manager complains that the WEP/ 
> WPA key is not correct, pops up a dialogue repeatedly.
>
> It may or may not obtain a DHCP lease. However, no data gets  
> transmitted.
>
> Scenario 1: (See comment by Dennis Heinson for another scenario)
> Beta release updated 4/10/08 on a gen 2 MacBook Pro (atheros wifi)  
> connecting to a BT home hub with WEP 64 bit encryption  
> (configuration as shipped). No previous problems with Kubuntu 7.10  
> and the same hardware using self-compiled drivers.
>
> Linux xxxxx-01 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 01:29:06 UTC 2008  
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> NetworkManager 0.7.0.
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5418  
> 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
>
> dmesg output:
> [   67.910954] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> [   89.204588] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [   89.405056] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [   89.605035] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [   89.805054] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 timed  
> out
> [  100.984690] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  100.984764] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  100.987561] wlan0: authenticated
> [  100.987572] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  100.990918] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5  
> (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
> [  100.990927] wlan0: associated
> [  100.998059] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> [  111.684110] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
> [  152.817637] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
> [  154.415879] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  154.415976] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  154.418307] wlan0: authenticated
> [  154.418316] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5
> [  154.427591] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5  
> (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
> [  154.427603] wlan0: associated
> [  499.651325] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
>
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