Comment 143 for bug 496093

I have ASUS eeepc 1000H with Network controller: RaLink RT2860. I tried to get the card to work with my WPA wireless router at home without success, although it works flawlessly on open networks. As compiling the driver from the manufacturers website did not work for me,

I decided to try something different. I just did a fresh install, and installed the package linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-21-generic. The card worked great without the need for any more packages or tweaks. I used the netbook like this for an hour. Mind you just the regular install + linux-backports-modules-wireless-2.6.32-21-generic. However when I rebooted the system the card gives the same trouble as earlier. I am sharing this experience here with the hope that this might somehow be of help.