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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040943

Title:
  Wireless -very- frequent disconnects in LinuxMint13 - Atheros AR9462

Status in The Linux Mint Distribution:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Debian GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Wireless Connection disconnects very frequently, almost about every 15 minutes.
  In some cases (more often) the network manager indicate tha i am connected, in other cases clearly disconnects and occasionaly cannot connect (like i have disabled the wireless) an i restart the hardware (wireless card button) to start again.

  My system is Aspire One 765 with Linux Mint 13 kde.
  My wireless card is Atheros AR9462.

  - Atheros Communications Inc. AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
  -iwconfig:
  wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"**********"  
            Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: ************* 
            Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
            Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
            Power Management:on
            Link Quality=57/70  Signal level=-53 dBm  
            Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
            Tx excessive retries:20152  Invalid misc:4984   Missed beacon:0

  -inxi -N:
  Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k

  I've tried as been sugested by some forum threads to run the nohwcrypt option:
  sudo modprobe -v ath9k nohwcrypt=1
  and to make a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf with "options ath9k nohwcrypt" 
  but... nothing.

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