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Yes signal is (maybe) 10% weaker, but the worst thing is that bandwith seems to be narrowed to 20KBytes/s!
I can download at 1MByte/s using ethernet, and almost at the same speed using another kernel with madwifi ath_pci compiled on it. If I use 2.6.27-3 with ath5k I start with 150-200 KB/s but in a few seconds it slows down to 20-25KB/s.
This was tested downloading from different sources, upgrading system, etc.. 
It doesn't look like there is packet loss.

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Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Confirmed
Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: New
Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules

The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :)