I surmise that it's not the * in 8086:422* that makes the difference: there's too many people who have the problem.
By the way: here's another one reporting the same weak signals with iwl as compared to ipw: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-770465.html and google finds more reports. -- iwl3945 sometimes does not detect ESSIDs, whereas ipw3945 works perfectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177624 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs