Using the given driver I was able to run ndiswrapper and it seems to work just fine now.
mlaverdiere <marco.laverdi...@gmail.com> writes: > I'm sorry if I'm crossposting with Bug #333730, but in case it might be > useful to others, here's my experience with ath9k module/Atheros AR928X > card, including a some workarounds I've found along the road: > > 1. Like other reporters have mentioned, the ath9k drivers provided out > of the box by Jaunty and Karmic give really unstable and weak > connections. In my case, installing the linux-backports-wireless- > modules-karmic (jaunty) improves things dramatically (it gives me a > quite stable and strong connection), while there are still some > deassociate/reassociate issues reported here (see point 2 for the > workaround for these issues). > > 2. I think I have managed to somewhat circumvent these issues > (especially for streaming audio to a Soundbridge M1001 with Firefly > Media Server), by opting for one or the other following solutions: > > a) like others have reported, using wicd instead of network-manager > seems to solve the problem, at least in my case for the purpose of audio > streaming. > > b) keeping network-manager, but using ndiswrapper (instead of ath9k > module) with a Windows XP driver for the AR928X card is my preferred > choice. See these sites to find the right XP drivers: > > http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/15297-latest-atheros-modded- > driver-for-windws-7-vista-and-winxp/ (These ones work perfectly for me; > look for v.7.7.0.259 or the atheros_v7.7.0.259_v1.26.exe file) > > http://www.atheros.cz/ (these ones work well, but without the blue led > functionality...) > > Hope this helps. -- ath9k disassociates/reassociates a lot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414560 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
