Hey, I've been experiencing exactly the same problem, using Linux-3.0, ath9k, and wicd. My cursory googling suggests that it may be a hardware problem; it looks like the same problem exists on Chrome OS. I really hope this isn't the case though; a software fix would be much easier.

However, I've noticed the problem get progressively worse over the last few weeks without me updating the kernel. That smells like a hardware issue to me.

Some things I want to try (but haven't yet had time to) are rolling back to a 2.38 kernel, reinstalling Chrome OS to see if the problem exists there, and ordering a new wireless card from Ebay.

Last edited by ladr0n (2011-09-15 04:32:09)