Bug#485034: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: ath5k associates but no network

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 02:04:59PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote:
> maximilian attems <max@stro.at> wrote:
> 
> > can you please try out 2.6.26-rc8, see trunk apt lines
> > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
> 
> Will do, as soon as it creeps into sid.
> 
> > it should have newer ath5k driver.
> > also trying an dhcp setup would be cool.
> 
> No, DHCP didn't help. However, on the ath5k-users mailing list, Pavel
> suggested that it might be a WEP issue with my wireless card (AR5211),
> and it was. When I turned off WEP, I got a good network connection with
> both a static configuration and with DHCP.
> 
> I'm thinking that using WPA would be a good workaround for this bug, and
> would be slightly more secure besides. I haven't had the time to try
> yet, but I did find [1]. Does this look up to date?
> 
> 1. http://wiki.debian.org/Manual-Howto#head-6fdd87d329e68a583e5fde32c6b21e460e5541a5
> 
> Unless someone else chimes in to the contrary, it appears that this bug
> could be relabeled as:
> 
>   linux-image-2.6.25-2-686: ath5k associates but no network with WEP and
>   AR5211 
> 
> I'll report back when I've tried 2.6.26 or WPA.

Since Lenny now contains images based on 2.6.26, did you have a chance to
test them already?

Cheers,
        Moritz