My AR9285 onboard wireless adaptor was constantly dropping speed, often to 1Mb/sec = very slow surfing. Tried fixing the rate at 54M then 36M - no effect.
Finally ran (in terminal): iwconfig wlan0 retry 255
Speed now stays at around 54Mb/sec. Not sure if any significant adverse consequences, but it works.
Wireless speed dropping often (ath9k driver) - workaround
it seems your not alone
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1868119
some people are suggesting this option helps-
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1868119
some people are suggesting this option helps-
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options ath9k nohwcrypt=1
Even better option
Thanks darkcity - although nohwcrypt=1 didn't help, the link you provided gave me some new things to try.
Most successful was (from command line):-
iwconfig wlan0 power off followed by iwconfig wlan0 txpower on
This made my wireless usable - no single-figure bitrates.
Most successful was (from command line):-
iwconfig wlan0 power off followed by iwconfig wlan0 txpower on
This made my wireless usable - no single-figure bitrates.