Question #45104 on Ubuntu Eee changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+question/45104
Yorak proposed the following answer: After annoying week of almost working wifi on my Ubuntu-eee 8.04.1 eee 4G 701, I found a fix for this problem! It seems that the madwifi drivers that come with array.org's kernel (and thus with Ubuntu.eee) are not entirely compatible with the Atheros AR242x. The older version works fine if compiled for current kernels. The answer was found from the help.ubuntu.com wiki ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC/Fixes ) Tsuki wrote following to the wiki: "This version of madwifi (madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604) only gives intermittent WiFi for me - I get frequent brown-outs (no data though connection stays up) and connection failures. The old madwifi (madwifi-ng-r3366+ar5007) linked from here: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly works better for me but doesn't appear to be hosted on snapshots.madwifi.org anymore! I don't have the ability to host the file myself, is anyone already doing it? --Tsuki" So, to fix your slow/falky wifi on your eee 701, download http://file- hosting.site-hosts.net/eeepc/madwifi-nr-r3366+ar5007.tar.gz , compile, install and reboot. POOF, wifi works lightning fast! -- You received this question notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Eee Coders, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu Eee. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders Post to : ubuntu-eee-coders@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
