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[jonathan Devereux <jon_dev87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am also experiencing this problem on Ubuntu 13.10 with TL-WN821N.
Some additional information:

- This happens with exsessive constant downloading, if I am gaming online in intermittent downloading it's fine and no issues.
- Downloading large files at constant high-speeds and it can cut out every hour to 2 hours.
- This happens to me on both Windows and Linux, but much more frequent on Ubuntu.
- On ubuntu the whole system with hang, on Windows connection to the router is lost until the device is unplugged and plugged back in.
- System will completely hang until the device is unplugged.
- The dongle gets quite hot.

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Title:
  ath9k_usb: TL-WN821N v3 (AR7010+9287) Connection drops

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hi. The connection with this device is fast and stable, but seems to
  drop after a certain amount of data has been transmitted. The easiest
  way to reproduce it is to download something large. I can always
  reproduce it by downloading a torrent. After about 300-400MB, it seems
  like the wireless dongle hangs and the connection doesn't work
  anymore.

  At this point, network commands such as iwconfig freeze, and it's also
  impossible to reboot or turn off the computer. However, if the
  wireless dongle is unplugged and plugged again, everything's back to
  normal.

  The module is set with nohwcrypt=1. If this option is not set, the
  connection drops much faster. Also, I've noticed that the latency is
  lower with nohwcrypt=1 (using speedtest.net, the latency without
  hardware encryption is consistently 3 times less).

  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
  Release:        12.04

  linux-generic:
    Installed: 3.2.0.30.32
    Candidate: 3.2.0.30.32
    Version table:
   *** 3.2.0.30.32 0
          500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.2.0.29.31 0
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
       3.2.0.23.25 0
          500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

  *******Results of lsusb:
  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
  Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
  Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
  Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
  Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287]

  ******* Results for modinfo ath9k_usb:
  filename:       /lib/modules/3.2.0-30-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko
  firmware:       htc_9271.fw
  firmware:       htc_7010.fw
  description:    Atheros driver 802.11n HTC based wireless devices
  license:        Dual BSD/GPL
  author:         Atheros Communications
  srcversion:     9B885B82530A1FF8F15C062
  alias:          usb:v0CF3p20FFd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0411p017Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v083ApA704d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0846p9018d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0CF3p7010d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v1668p1200d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0CF3p7015d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v057Cp8403d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0CF3pB003d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v040Dp3801d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v04CAp4605d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3350d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3349d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3348d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3346d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3328d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v13D3p3327d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v07D1p3A10d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0846p9030d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0CF3p1006d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  alias:          usb:v0CF3p9271d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
  depends:        ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath,cfg80211
  intree:         Y
  vermagic:       3.2.0-30-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
  parm:           debug:Debugging mask (uint)
  parm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)

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