How to wireless problem on the Asus EEE PC 1000L with Ubuntu 11

It seems that with every new version of Ubuntu there is a problem with the wireless card and its drivers on the Asus EEE PC 1000L. The card in the Asus EEE PC 1000L is a Ralink RT2860.
(To check if this card is in your system type 'lspci')

After installing Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal it seems to work but after a reboot the connection cannot be made or the system tries to reconnect every minute or so.
Installing 'wifi radar' helps (Dont know why.) but the connection is not stable.

The solution is to add 2 lines to: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist rt2800pci
blacklist rt2x00pci

Do a reboot and 11.04 is fine.

After upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 the network is again gone.
The solution is to add the following line to: /etc/modules

rt2800pci

Do a reboot and 11.10 is fine again for about six months.

How to update the BIOS of an Asus EEE pc

Download the latest driver from:
https://www.asus.com/uk/supportonly/Eee%20PC%201000Linux/HelpDesk_BIOS/

Rename the file to 1000.ROM or 1005P.ROM or any number that matches your Eee PC and copy that to a FAT 32 USB stick.
Start up with the USB stick inserted and hold both ALT and F2 keys pressed during startup of the Eee PC and the BIOS update will run. The screen will show the update process.