Atheros AR5005G

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Need help with flaky performance

I have a new Toshiba L35-S2171 laptop running XP Home. The built-in wireless shows up in Device Manager as an Atheros AR5005G. the driver version is 4.1.2.146. The router is a new Buffalo WHR-HP-G54, with firmware 1.40, using WPA TKIP...

802.11g vs b (and why I hate my wireless adapter)

Hi everyone,So, I have a Satellite A85-S107 with an Atheros AR5005G wirelessadapter (with the 3.1.2.45 driver) and I'm having this issue where, Ican be sitting dead-square in front of a 802.11b access point and I can"see" the access point...

Which Linux supports Atheros out of the box?

Fed up with Linux wifi woes. Which distro will support Atherosimmediately after install, without adding kernel modules, etc?Oh, and I use WEP key 3, not 1 and when I tried Mepis a few monthsback it recognised the Atheros immediately, but...

Linksys BEFW11S4 v.4 Wireless connection

Hrm, been there done that, my befw1s4 v4 is dying slowly, I know I need to replace it but I have it temporarily fixed, but now I just have a question.Lately I have found that it doesn't lock up nearly as much if I disable all port...

linksys wireless

I recently purchased a WRT54G wireless router. I installed it when I hadWin XP. It worked great, excellent signal strength. When I switched toVista, my connectivity dropped to Fair and sometimes to Limited. Thereare no obstructions. I...

Network Stumbler and Atheros AR5005G

I've an Atheros AR5005G WLAN in my Acer 9302 notebook. Network Stumbler gives a message "No wireless adapter found".In the menu>Device the adapter nework adapter is seen but it's displayed in a grey text.I'm running Vista. How can I solve...

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