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I searched the forums, but it seems anyone with a similar problem didn't get a proper solution. I have good wifi signal, other devices connect to the internet just fine, computer is connected to network, but I have no access to the internet on my browser or the software center.

Firefox and the Ubuntu Software Center won't connect to anything. I can't go online, download updates, or anything. When I start the browser it just sits there saying 'Connecting...' but does nothing. If I start the Software Center I get no options to install anything and I get no results if I search for anything.

I ran the script that I saw other people using (BTW, you guys don't make it very easy for a novice to figure this stuff out, we're not all code junkies!), but I'm not sure how to post the results in one of those imbedded windows. ~~If someone can tell me that, I will post the output of the script.~~ Added Link to results below.

Oh, and this netbook had Ubuntu 10.04 on it and it worked fine. Being obsolete and no longer supported, I foolishly thought it would be a good idea to install a newer version. I installed the 32-bit version since I only have 1 Gig of RAM.

Thank you.

Dmesg results, yet another wall of text!

2nd dmesg output for comparison

~~POSSIBLE SOLUTION: I disabled hardware encryption, set IPv6 to local only, and did a rfkill unblock all. That seems to have worked and network is humming now. I'm going to call this a fix guys.~~ EDIT works until it doesn't, then slow as hell, connection drops to 1 Mbs again, not sure why. Tried another fix, will report back how that works.

FINAL UPDATE: I replaced the Atheros Wifi card with a Broadcomm card. It worked immediately when I booted to a Live USB image. Unfortunately, it ceased to function after installation and boot from HD, but after a quick DL of FWwrapper and the installation of proper drivers, it worked like a charm.

TL;DR: Ditch the Ath9k card and get something else.

Marcus Drakus
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The only thing odd that I could see in the output is that your wireless NIC speed is 1 Mb/s (line 143). You need to determine if this is an issue with your AP or your wireless NIC.

To check if it's with your AP, do other devices on your network get fast speeds? Also, try booting into a Live CD and running a speed test from there. If both of these work without issues, then you've ruled out the AP, and your hardware. So it's probably a setting within your current install.

If you include the output from iw info it will show the speeds supported by your wireless NIC (perhaps it has been set to the 1 Mb/s somehow and isn't coming off that speed). Try those and let us know.

Tim Holmes-Mitra
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Since network connections is showing you connected at 65Mb/s which makes no sense and isn't supported by your 1, 2*, 5.5*, 11*, 6, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 56 Mbps. I think I would reinstall after backing up any critical files on the system. This time insure you have a good image first by checking the hashes as outlined here. You may also find it useful to check the created installation media prior to installation as noted in this post

Since you have an older underpowered system you might want to try the Lubuntu or Xubuntu flavors which are more likely to perform well with the limited resources that system has to offer.

If all else fails you might want to consider a different wifi adapter I've had good luck with Ralink chipsets like this one

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