Bug 812500

Summary:	Can't connect to wireless AP (ath9k)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jeremy Newton <alexjnewt>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	John W. Linville <linville>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	16	CC:	gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda
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Last Closed:	2012-04-16 15:01:16 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Jeremy Newton 2012-04-14 03:45:05 UTC

Description of problem:
If I attempt to connect to a wireless AP with my laptop and it fails to connect. This seems to happen over and over, and rarely manages to connect to the wireless AP. I'm using a laptop with an ath9k wireless card.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
This is not a problem in kernel 3.3.0-8 and I can confirm this as becoming a problem as of kernel 3.3.1-1. Due to the circumstances, one could assume this is a bug in 3.3.1 itself.

As well, I can confirm this with the following Fedora kernel versions:
3.3.1-1.fc16, 3.3.1-2.fc16, 3.3.1-3.fc16

How reproducible:
Very reproducible

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start into Fedora 16 with one of the confirmed kernel listed above.
2. Try to connect to a wireless AP
  
Actual results:
Mostly consistently failed connections.

Expected results:
Mostly consistently successful connections.

Additional info:
I'm using an EeePC 1015PX with an Atheros AR9285 wireless card.
Note this seems to be specifically a regression in ath9k, though may include others.

Please let me know if I can provide any more information that would help.

Comment 1 John W. Linville 2012-04-16 14:55:36 UTC

A 3.3.2-based kernel should resolve this issue when it becomes available through the update system.

Comment 2 Josh Boyer 2012-04-16 15:01:16 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 810796 ***