I found a solution, here's a copy of my post on the ubuntuforums: Turns out that this has something to do with the Wireless & Bluetooth being on the same chip (or perhaps not, still working on it). In /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/ there are two files that I had to modify in order to make this work:
/sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan They each contain a single boolean value. The bluetooth value contained a 1 and the wlan contained a 0. You cannot modify this values while your system is running, therefore, the solution was to add two lines to my /etc/rc.local file: echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/bluetooth # disable bluetooth echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan # enable wireless As soon as I restarted, it came up with absolutely no problems. Now, it may be that they can both be enabled at the same time, I haven't tested that far yet. -- [ath9k] AR5418 frequently fails to connect to WEP/WPA network https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278190 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support. Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “network-manager” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux in Ubuntu Intrepid: Triaged Status in network-manager in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid Bug description: The wireless network can be seen, and occasionally connects after a cold boot. Most of the time network-manager complains that the WEP/WPA key is not correct, pops up a dialogue repeatedly. It may or may not obtain a DHCP lease. However, no data gets transmitted. Scenario 1: (See comment by Dennis Heinson for another scenario) Beta release updated 4/10/08 on a gen 2 MacBook Pro (atheros wifi) connecting to a BT home hub with WEP 64 bit encryption (configuration as shipped). No previous problems with Kubuntu 7.10 and the same hardware using self-compiled drivers. Linux xxxxx-01 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Wed Sep 24 01:29:06 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux NetworkManager 0.7.0. 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5418 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) dmesg output: [ 67.910954] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 89.204588] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 89.405056] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 89.605035] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 89.805054] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 timed out [ 100.984690] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 100.984764] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 100.987561] wlan0: authenticated [ 100.987572] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 100.990918] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) [ 100.990927] wlan0: associated [ 100.998059] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [ 111.684110] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present [ 152.817637] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) [ 154.415879] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 154.415976] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 154.418307] wlan0: authenticated [ 154.418316] wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 [ 154.427591] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1f:9f:3d:0f:c5 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) [ 154.427603] wlan0: associated [ 499.651325] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
