Bug is fixed, disable avahi-daemon and wireless works correctly, it is a problem between avahi-daemon interfacing with the atheros HAL.
Also, if in network manager "Automagic service discovery" (e.g., avahi- daemon) is listed as insecure...why is it on by default? -- Dlink WNA-2230 will not work (listed as "works out of the box") https://launchpad.net/bugs/97685 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs