So for my disclaimer, this works for Atheros chipset identified as the 242x..
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lspci |grep Atheros
If you dont see something like this, I cannot promise this will work for you.
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03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
This is my combination of a few different tuts and getting the ath5k up and running in x64.
So lets get started...
Remove restricted modules
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sudo update-rc.d -f linux-restricted-modules-common remove
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential
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cd ~/Desktop
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wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
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tar xvf compat*.tar.bz2
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cd compat*
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ls
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compat config.mk drivers include master-tag README
compat-release COPYRIGHT git-describe Makefile net scripts
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make
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sudo make install
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sudo make unload
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sudo make load
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echo ath5k | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
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rm -r compat*
reboot and you should be wired for wireless!