Issue is still present in 9.10. Even with backports turned on.
Basically what I think the problem is, is that Ubuntu is not properly
using the Wifi. Like it is not recognizing the inputs for the antenna
or for some form of booster. signal is 50% less on Ubuntu thant
windows.
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dell studio xps
rach...@rachele-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP79 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: p...@:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: b1
serial: 00:2
[ 777.718665] ath_set_channel: unable to reset channel 2 (2417Mhz) flags
0x300e2 hal status 4294967291
[ 777.718673] ath9k_config: Unable to set channel
[ 778.110087] ath_set_channel: unable to reset channel 3 (2422Mhz) flags
0x300e2 hal status 4294967291
[ 778.110109] ath9k_config: Unable to
rach...@rachele-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:19:dd:a6:34
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueu
iwconfig says this
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"miranda"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Sign
This is 64bit Ubuntu
card says dw 1515
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dell studio xps 13 wifi weakness issues 9.04 Jaunty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368101
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