[QCLUG] Wireless card for my laptop

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 01:01:10PM -0500, Chris Cooper wrote:
> Which dv 7 is it?  Specifically, do you know what wireless card is
> installed?  It could very well be an issue with the driver.  If it is
> atheros-based, Ubuntu 9.04 defaults to using the ath5k driver, which
> has some known compatibility problems.  They include the madwifi
> drivers, but don't use them as default do to the licensing.

If it is an Atheros-based card, then I would suggest installing the
linux-backports-modules-jaunty package which includes an updated version of
the ath5k and ath9k drivers.  Many users report improvement with this
version, which could not be used by default in Ubuntu 9.04 because it
requires intrusive changes to the wireless stack common to other wireless
drivers.

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