Wireless issue - disconnections and very slow

[DmtWireless]

SO i have an acer aspire 7741z series and i got kali 1.06 to install fine but the wireless itself is very slow and tends to disconnect and not work for a few minutes and then is brilliant again and so on

when i attempt to download a file the speed goes up and down if that helps

i have the ath9k driver if that helps

what other info do you need?

[maverik35]

Are you using WPA-WPA2?

[DmtWireless]

wpa2-psk is what im using

[maverik35]

try this:

1. modprobe -r ath9k
2. modprobe ath9k nohwcrypt=1

Try if it works. If so, make it permanent by adding a file under /etc/modprobe.d/, you can name it let's say ath9k.conf (it has to have the .conf), it must contain this line only:
options nohwcrypt=1

Then reboot.

[DmtWireless]

Is my understanding of the above command is im adding my driver to the kernel?

whats nohwcrypt ?

im not questing your motives or help im just curious as i would love to learn linux or kali in the future

also
ill try this soon enough thanks for the help so far

edit: it still disconnects and is very slow

would taking the security off the wireless work?

[maverik35]

nohwcrypt is a parameter that means encryption will not be done by hardware (nohw = no hardware and crypt, well, it speaks for itself)). Software will do the encryption...