A short time after accessing the internet, the browser/download times out. Before the timeout, the internet works OK briefly; afterwards, the wireless is still connected with a strong signal, but every internet access results in a timeout. When I leave the PC for a while, the internet is back just to timeout again as soon as I start using it. The same happens when I reconnect to the router. Also, when I surf the internet, it takes a couple of minutes until the timeout, but when I download something, it times out in a matter of seconds. The wireless adapter works just fine in Windows and internet via ethernet cable works just fine in Ubuntu. Does anyone have the same problem or knows a solution. I use Ubuntu 12.10 x64. The problem occurs since I installed ubuntu (which was a few days ago). Here some stuff that might be usefull: serus@serus-Ubuntu-PC:~$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0cf3:1002 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN821N v2 802.11n [Atheros AR9170] serus@serus-Ubuntu-PC:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by carl9170 82083 0 serus@serus-Ubuntu-PC:~$ modinfo carl9170 filename: /lib/modules/3.5.0-21- generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.ko alias: arusb_lnx alias: ar9170usb firmware: carl9170-1.fw description: Atheros AR9170 802.11n USB wireless serus@serus-Ubuntu-PC:~$ iwconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"virginmedia0137463" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: A0:21:B7:F8:29:B6 Bit Rate=240 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:1399 Invalid misc:18 Missed beacon:0 serus@serus-Ubuntu-PC:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2:2 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:27:19:bb:00:19 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=carl9170 driverversion=3.5.0-21-generic firmware=1.9.4 ip=192.168.0.6 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn