Bug#648477: ath9k wireless: frequent connection drops (TKIP MIC failure)

[Christoph Wiedemann <wiedeman@gmx.net>]

On 11/11/11 23:26, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
>
> Christoph Wiedemann wrote:
>
> > I observe frequent (1 per minute) connection drops with a new SONY VAIO
> > notebook.
> [...]
> >   02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless
> > Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
> >
> > Disabling hwcrypt as suggested in http://www.mail-archive.com/ath9k-
> > devel@lists.ath9k.org/msg04221.html seems to fix the problem
> Thanks.  There have been some AR9485 fixes upstream recently.  Could
> you test v3.1 from experimental?
>
> If that fails, please report it upstream to
> ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, cc-ing linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org and
> either me or this bug log so we can track it.
Hi Jonathan,

linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64 indeed seems to fix the problem. I tested for 
half an hour now without any connection drop issues. Thanks and sorry 
for bothering you...

Best Regards
Christoph