my loaded modules and iwconfig marc@ubuntu-gutsy:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 marc@ubuntu-gutsy:~$ lsmod | grep iwl marc@ubuntu-gutsy:~$ lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 273892 10 af_packet 24840 2 rfcomm 42136 2 l2cap 26240 11 rfcomm bluetooth 57060 4 rfcomm,l2cap ppdev 10244 0 speedstep_lib 6404 0 cpufreq_userspace 5280 0 cpufreq_ondemand 9612 0 cpufreq_powersave 2688 0 cpufreq_conservative 8072 0 cpufreq_stats 7232 0 freq_table 5792 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats video 18060 0 container 5504 0 sbs 19592 0 ac 6148 0 dock 10656 0 button 8976 0 battery 11012 0 nls_iso8859_1 5120 2 nls_cp437 6784 2 vfat 14080 2 fat 54300 1 vfat sbp2 24072 0 lp 12580 0 arc4 2944 2 ecb 4608 2 blkcipher 7556 1 ecb rc80211_simple 6912 1 snd_hda_intel 263712 1 snd_pcm_oss 44672 0 snd_mixer_oss 17664 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 80388 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_dummy 4740 0 rt2500pci 19072 0 rt2x00pci 11520 1 rt2500pci rt2x00lib 19584 2 rt2500pci,rt2x00pci rfkill 8208 1 rt2x00lib mac80211 171016 4 rc80211_simple,rt2500pci,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib snd_seq_oss 33152 0 cfg80211 7304 1 mac80211 input_polldev 5896 1 rt2x00lib crc_itu_t 3072 1 rt2x00lib eeprom_93cx6 3200 1 rt2500pci snd_seq_midi 9600 0 irtty_sir 9856 0 sir_dev 17412 1 irtty_sir snd_rawmidi 25728 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi sg 36764 0 snd_seq 53232 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event irda 202300 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev snd_timer 24324 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9228 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 54660 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device ati_agp 10124 0 crc_ccitt 3072 1 irda i2c_ali15x3 9092 0 i2c_ali1535 8196 0 agpgart 35016 1 ati_agp soundcore 8800 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm parport_pc 37412 1 parport 37448 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc pcspkr 4224 0 psmouse 39952 0 serio_raw 8068 0 sd_mod 30336 3 shpchp 34580 0 pci_hotplug 32704 1 shpchp i2c_core 26112 2 i2c_ali15x3,i2c_ali1535 evdev 11136 3 ext3 133896 5 jbd 60456 1 ext3 mbcache 9732 1 ext3 ide_cd 32672 0 cdrom 37536 1 ide_cd ide_disk 18560 8 ohci_hcd 23300 0 skge 43152 0 sata_uli 8452 2 ohci1394 36528 0 ieee1394 96312 2 sbp2,ohci1394 alim15x3 12556 0 [permanent] ehci_hcd 36108 0 usbcore 138248 3 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd ide_core 116804 3 ide_cd,ide_disk,alim15x3 ata_generic 8452 0 libata 125168 2 sata_uli,ata_generic scsi_mod 147084 4 sbp2,sg,sd_mod,libata thermal 14344 0 processor 32072 1 thermal fan 5764 0 fuse 47124 1 apparmor 40728 0 commoncap 8320 1 apparmor