Comment 14 for bug 368101

Same problem here. Dell XPS Studio 13, Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit...

Weak signals, unstable conections, etc...
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lucas@ldainfo-note:~$ uname -a
Linux ldainfo-note 2.6.29-020629-generic #020629 SMP Tue Mar 24 11:23:53 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"ldainfo"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:87:C0:0A
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=86/100 Signal level:-51 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0