I have two laptops, both running Ubuntu 13.10, as well as a different OS (Windows 7), dual boot on both.
My wi-fi router is on my bedroom and I want to get the wi-fi signal from the living room. I can reach the wi-fi signal from both pcs when running windows, with a relative good signal, but can't reach it on both of them when running Ubuntu, can't even connect to it.
Is there something that I can do to amplify the wi-fi signal?
Best Answer
Ok, we solved it!
Using Atheros driver ath9k. If you have the same problem, please follow these steps (I found it here):
Install the build dependencies if you don't have it already (but it is installed by default):
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Type the commands (steps 3-9):
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2014/01/31/backports-20140131.tar.xz
tar xvf backports-20140131.tar.xz
cd backports-20140131/
make defconfig-ath9k
make
sudo make install
sudo update-initramfs -u
Remember that after a Kernel update (
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
) we have to repeat the steps 4 to 9.This is useful for Atheros wireless cards, but if you have some issue with other manufacturers, try installing the backports drivers for them from kernel.org.