Is the wireless driver from Live USB different from the standard install?

Posted by Rafael Magalhães on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Rafael Magalhães
Published on 2012-05-15T04:33:27Z Indexed on 2012/10/07 3:52 UTC
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Linux newbie here. I've been trying to use Ubuntu (x64) as my main OS since 11.10, but my wireless connection on it has been very unstable, droping every other 5-10 mins. For this reason I see myself forced to use Windows 7 (dual booting), where connection works flawlessly -- which really bothers me.

My card is an Atheros 9k, which claims a reasonable amount of wireless complaints on Ubuntu forums. I've tried every suggestion given on past questions to this site but to no avail. However, while running Ubuntu Live USB for some of the tests, I noticed that my wireless connection never failed on it and wondered if its network configuration differs from the one on the default Ubuntu install. If this is the case, how could I reproduce the Live USB network environment on my hard drive install?

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