Well... I did get farther with the new package. Before, the router would simply become unresponsive... now, like the others, the router simply reboots when attempting to bring up ath0.
Note: When connecting to Jasager, it now simply gives the option to create and configure ath0 (router reboots if attempted)... before this package, it would bring up ath0 automatically... though karma couldn't be brought up.