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atheros ar5b95 9285 issue

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tanuagg13 said:
Sorry for double post, but is it at all possible for this to be a BIOS issue? To me the BIOS whitelist is some voodoo magic, but logically speaking could it be hampering the speeds as this is not a card manufactured by Lenovo? The device did boot, however, without screaming some "Unsupported hardware" message.
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No. Problem with antenna setup vs. card, perhaps, but BIOS is not involved.
 
Okay, thanks. My knowledge is quite fuzzy in that area, which is why I refrain from BIOS modding as well...

I discovered something interesting: my upload speed is normal, around 6.5 Mbps (fastest speed around here) but my download is only 0.5 Mbps. Does this mean its no longer a card issue, or could the card still be at fault??
 
tanuagg13 said:
Okay, thanks. My knowledge is quite fuzzy in that area, which is why I refrain from BIOS modding as well...

I discovered something interesting: my upload speed is normal, around 6.5 Mbps (fastest speed around here) but my download is only 0.5 Mbps. Does this mean its no longer a card issue, or could the card still be at fault??
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Not really an expert on WiFi radios. Try different hardware and compare. I've purchased several AR9280 cards on ebay for under $10.
 
Update: it's not a hardware issue. Card works fine in Windows with speeds of up to 8 Mbps (normal/moderately fast for my area).

Any idea what else could be wrong? Should I try a fresh install?
 
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Update: it's not a hardware issue. Card works fine in Windows with speeds of up to 8 Mbps (normal/moderately fast for my area).

Any idea what else could be wrong? Should I try a fresh install?
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AR9280 cards are available for ~$10 from ebay...
 
That would require a BIOS whitelist removal, which is something I'm too sheepish to try. Is there any way around that?

EDIT: Steeled my guts and finally removed the whitelist. I had the file laying around for months but I finally decided to do it today.
 
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That would require a BIOS whitelist removal, which is something I'm too sheepish to try. Is there any way around that?
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Note (for others): When AR9280 native IDs are not allowed by the whitelist, but AR9285 ids are, you can also rebrand an AR9280 to match the IDs required by the whitelist.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/hp-probook/115110-rebranding-atheros-928x-cards-guide.html

The Linux (recovery) guide linked within is recommended.


EDIT: Steeled my guts and finally removed the whitelist. I had the file laying around for months but I finally decided to do it today.
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Since you defeated the whitelist with patched BIOS, you can use a better card such as BCM94352HMB.
 
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