[Mageia-discuss] Beta testing - wireless adapter

Wed Apr 25 10:50:49 CEST 2012

On 21/04/12 14:08, Morgan Leijström wrote:
+> fredagen den 20 april 2012 22.53.02 skrev  Len Lawrence:
+>> Atheros 9285 wireless adapter
+>>
+>> This was flaky under Mageia 1 - kept dropping the connection but most
+>> times would not connect at all.  It is also a chestnut; many people
+>> reported problems with it on the Ubuntu forums.  Some fixes worked for
+>> Ubuntu users but not here on Mageia 1.  The problem persists in
+>> mga2b3.
+>>
+>> Len
+> It is always good to search bugzilla and the forum,
+> to find solutions and give feedback.
+>
+> Do this help? :
+> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2366#c23
+>
+> Please comment on that bug if it works or not for you.
+Yes I found that removing the interface from the control of network 
+manager works fine.  Using the ath9k driver by default.  Initially I 
+discovered by accident that the wireless regulatory domain needed to be 
+set to GB, then things started to happen.  The flakiness appears to be a 
+hardware problem.  In the same location my laptop worked at link levels 
+of 60% or so.  The X51 reported 61-62% and kept dropping out.  Moved the 
+test rig downstairs, close to the router and wireless connections have 
+remained steady all the time, link levels 82% - 100%, downloads at up to 
+38 MBps over cable.
+
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