Same problem with Acer Aspire 5520 This is with Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
WPA2-PSK Encryption. As a side effect of the disconnect, it revs up the fan in my computer, like it was trying to process something extremely CPU heavy. lspci: 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) uname -a: Linux cooldude-laptop 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux Also when I dmsg | grep "wlan0" It shows that the last time it tried to connect it times out on the direct probes, when before it got a response almost instantly. -- wireless stops working until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132042 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