Re: [Trisquel-users] Can't get Qualcomm Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC to work

[chris]

The older Atheros G wireless mini pcie chipsets don't work terribly well...  
They should sort of work from my experience although there are things which  
won't work well or at all like power management, etc. That said I'm not sure  
this is the problem your having. Did you swap the wireless card out for  
another or was this the original? Even the older IBM laptops had digital  
restrictions so you might not be able to swap it for another (easily or  
possibly at all). If you unlocked the BIOS and you can install another  
wireless card I'd suggest trying an 802.11N Atheros card. We actually have  
them even in the old mini PCI card format (gasp! I know) in addition to the  
newer Mini PCIe and half height cards.