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abraxas88

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From: Rome, Italy

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 88

[Solved] ath9k working bad on kernel 2.6.38

Hello, today I upgraded to the new 2.6.38 kernel in [testing] and I noticed that my wireless card, which uses the ath9k module, doesn't work well. The speed is very poor and sometimes it doesn't seem to have any connection even though it's connected to the router.
By downgrading to the kernel in [core] it works fine.
Is the module broken?

P.S. I didn't notice you moved in another section the [testing] Forum, sorry. ^^

Last edited by abraxas88 (2011-03-16 16:57:32)

abraxas88

Member

From: Rome, Italy

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 88

Re: [Solved] ath9k working bad on kernel 2.6.38

Solved. If anyone is experiencing the same problem, just create a file named ath9.conf in /etc/modprobe.d/ and write

options ath9k nohwcrypt=1

LessWire

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From: Bavaria

Registered: 2010-06-14

Posts: 46

Re: [Solved] ath9k working bad on kernel 2.6.38

My Atheros wlan doesn't use "ath9k" but "carl9170" and "ar9170usb" and both have "nohwcrypt" param - i had the same problem.
Seems to work now, thanks abraxas!