I have the same problem...but I heard you can usethe command iw (apt-get install iw) to set the country code:
EX. iw reg set US
You can find a good documentation here http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA
p.s. Speaking of the ath5k driver, am sure you get those nasty messages "ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2412MHz)"...a bunch of!
I have the same problem...but I heard you can usethe command iw (apt-get install iw) to set the country code:
EX. iw reg set US
You can find a good documentation here http:// wireless. kernel. org/en/ developers/ Regulatory/ CRDA
p.s. Speaking of the ath5k driver, am sure you get those nasty messages "ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2412MHz)"...a bunch of!