Comment 43 for bug 59981

After disabling hardware scanning, I believe this issue has gone away for me. If others can confirm whether the following fix works for them vs modprobing:

create and edit the file --
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945

add the following to the file:
alias wlan0 iwl3945
options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1

save and close. Substitute the name of your intel wireless driver if other than iwl3945. Make sure to get rid of any other ugly fix scripts previously installed as they might interfere. Since installing this file, I have had no problems with the driver and card :) But I would like to help confirm whether this bug is part of the same problem or a completely different problem.

as for suspend -- it is still unusable for me until the fix for bug 183033 arrives :(