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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I think this is something other people has experienced with Ubuntu Karmic.
These are solutions that are a bit old now, I am not sure if they will
work for the latest distros:

Atheros driver (Atheros AR5009) issues:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7218364
http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6772541&postcount=1
http://blog.hyperandy.com/2008/11/01/atheros-ar242x-ubuntu-810-ibex/
http://madberry.org/2008/11/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-to-work-on-810-intrepid-ibex
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1120259
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7227423&postcount=182

Can people try and report back?
Also, if it doesn't work, can you copy+paste the results of this
command in the email:

lspci -vnnn | perl -lne 'print if /^\d+\:.+(\[\S+\:\S+\])/' | grep -i wireless


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:24 PM, bluefoxox@xxxxxxxxx
<bluefoxox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently bought a sweet new HP dm3-1039wm netbook, and I love it. I
> decided to get into Linux by installing Unbuntu 9.10 64 bit. Since the
> notebook does not have a DVD drive I used wubi (9.10) from windows 7 and
> was impressed with its ease of use. So far everything is great! Well
> almost everything =) about 5 minutes into being online I was
> disconnected from my wireless router. The routers ssid is linksys, and
> still showed up as being available but I could not reconnect to it
> unless I restarted (this happened over a dozen times). Over the next few
> days I tried using my Linux install on campus, at McDonalds, and at the
> library. It was the same thing no matter where I tried to stay
> connected, plugged in or running on battery. Here is a little bit about
> my install I hope will help given someone reaches out to me.
>
> kernel 2.6.31-17-generic
> AR5009 Wireless card (not sure of the chipset though)
> 9.10 64 bit installation
>
> remember ssid of networks show up, they just can not be connected to
> after the connection is lost. Almost any guidance would be great,
> thanks!
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