Thanks Adam for sharing your solution- works for me on an Acer Aspire V Nitro (v 1.0 and v1.1 both work). For the record
$ dmesg | grep ath10 [ 2.509169] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0 [ 2.710613] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin failed with error -2 [ 2.715060] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board-pci-168c:003e:105b:e08e.bin failed with error -2 [ 2.715064] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: failed to load spec board file, falling back to generic: -2 [ 2.715318] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2 [ 2.715322] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-5.bin': -2 [ 3.912336] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: qca6174 hw2.1 (0x05010000, 0x003405ff, 168c:003e:105b:e08e fallback) fw killer-n1525-fw api 4 htt 3.0 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32 [ 3.912339] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0 [ 4.081703] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0 wlan2: renamed from wlan0 $ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Wireless interface product: Qualcomm Atheros vendor: Qualcomm Atheros physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 logical name: wlan2 version: 20 serial: 2c:33:7a:4e:3a:c5 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath10k_pci driverversion=3.19.0-26-generic firmware=killer-n1525-fw ip=192.168.0.4 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn resources: irq:42 memory:d1400000-d15fffff $ uname -a Linux xxxx 3.19.0-26-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 28 18:27:31 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo lspci -nnn|grep -i atheros 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 20) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383184 Title: Atheros Qualcomm Killer N1525 Wireless-AC [168c:003e] is not supported To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1383184/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs