[Debian-eeepc-devel] Problems with 2.6.29 and wifi

[Ben Armstrong]

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:56:47 -0300
Ufa <ufa at technotroll.org> wrote:
> After that I rebooted in the 2.6.29 and removed the madwifi
>  So I "modprobe ath5k" and it worked good, NetworkManager found the
> networks, and all good, but... :(
> 
> In WPA connectins I get disconnect when the wifi traffic gets medium to
> heavy, i.e. almost all programs make it disconnect.
> 
> Is it normal, or Did I make something wrong? :(

Maybe one of:

ath5k cannot connect to WPA networks with a AR242x (or AR5007) chipset
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13218 

or:

ath5k modul disconnect with Access-Point
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12702

I don't use WPA/WPA2, but I have had disconnects using ath5k that I
never had with madwifi resembling the second bug (i.e. 'No
ProbeResp ... assume out of range' errors).  I simply toggle FnF2 and
then I'm back in business again.  It doesn't happen frequently enough
on open networks to be much of a bother.

Ben