Comment 43 for bug 1172151

For Patrik Jansson, the following workaround works:

echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf

He is using the following configuration:

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)

Laptop: ASUS a550c (ASUS-NotebookSKU)

Kernel 3.11.0-14-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 17:04:55 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Sources:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-nettool/+question/241238
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558