I can confirm this is still a bug for the latest maverick. The nohwcrypt option solves it for me.
lspci -vnn 09:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC [168c:001a] (rev 01) Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7094] Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 22 Memory at c0110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ath5k Kernel modules: ath5k I am affected and have the Askey subsystem, maybe that is an indicator? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568090 Title: ath5k should be loaded with nohwcrypt parameter -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs