Comment 45 for bug 373680

I'm currently running linux 2.6.32-25-generic in Lucid after reverting from 2.6.32-26 which was awfully unsteady : a disconnexion of Wifi every 2 minutes. Things have improved coming back to -25 but are still not perfect. I tried also wicd without results.
The ath5k driver is used for this WLAN card with Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01).
I replaced "network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3" by "network-manager 0.8-0ubuntu3+volanin1" and things have really improved : the wifi connexion looks like rock-steady now. I agree that I lost some roaming ability (in fact I think that if I reboot in a new place, network-manager will scan the area and I will have to choose a network and stick to it, true or false ?).
I consider there is a very serious bug here and a wifi connexion which stops every 2 or 3 minutes, to automatically reconnect sometimes after a few seconds, other times (as with 2.6.32-26) stay during minutes unconnected, some other times having to reboot the computer !!! is not acceptable.

Many thanks to Wagner Volanin for is patch which I will use until a lasting fix is found for "network-manager"