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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Atheros AR9285 wifi</H1>
<B>Marc Paré</B>
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<I>Tue Apr 17 20:30:36 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Le 2012-04-17 14:28, Marc Paré a écrit :
><i> Le 2012-03-28 04:44, Sander Lepik a écrit :
</I>>><i> 28.03.2012 09:47, Marja van Waes kirjutas:
</I>>>><i> On 28/03/12 04:04, Marc Paré wrote:
</I>>>>><i> I have just updated a friend's laptop from Mandriva to Mageia. She
</I>>>>><i> has an Atheros AR9285 card and it just doesn't seem to work well. I
</I>>>>><i> noticed that there were some problems with this card a few months
</I>>>>><i> ago. Are there still problems or a fix to get it working properly?
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> It just won't connect properly and when I use the NetworkManager
</I>>>>><i> "configure" the setting keep going back to WEP even though I keep
</I>>>>><i> trying to set it to WPA.
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> Marc
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Which messages do you see in the konsole when configuring the card
</I>>>><i> after, in the konsole, starting:
</I>>>><i> draknetcenter
</I>>><i> You cant use NetworkManager and draknetcenter at the same time. You have
</I>>><i> to either disable NM or marke the checkbox (about NM controlling the
</I>>><i> device) in draknetcenter.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> --
</I>>><i> Sander
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Just letting people know of the fix for this unit.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The laptop's owner returned it so that I could work on a possible fix to
</I>><i> the wifi connection. After some testing and trouble shooting, I deleted
</I>><i> the NetworkManager through the MCC which allowed a more reliable
</I>><i> connection and I also created this file in etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
</I>><i> with the line "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" which for some unknown reason
</I>><i> made for an even more solid connection <-- I found this recommendation
</I>><i> on a thread somewhere but lost the location.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The laptop now connects to the internet and does not turn itself out,
</I>><i> and, it no longer cuts in and out randomly.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Cheers,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Marc
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Oops! I forgot to give thanks to everyone who helped out on this thread!
Cheers,
Marc
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