and here is with wapf=4 and rfkill unblock all ======== Wireless-Info START ======== System-Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ xubuntu 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, trusty CPU : AMD E-450 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Memory : 3554 MB Uptime : 18:11:36 up 9 min, 8 users, load average: 0,13, 0,33, 0,28 lspci ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 04:00.2 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0a) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1437] Kernel driver in use: r8169 -- 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01) Subsystem: AzureWave AW-NB037H 802.11bgn Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card [AR9002WB-1NGCD] [1a3b:2c37] Kernel driver in use: ath9k lsusb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bus 006 Device 003: ID 13fe:5200 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 13d3:5710 IMC Networks UVC VGA Webcam Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011 Bluetooth Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:5500 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub PCMCIA Card Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ iwconfig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off rfkill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface Soft blocked Hard blocked 0: phy0: Wireless LAN no yes 1: hci0: Bluetooth no no 8: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN no no 9: asus-bluetooth: Bluetooth no no lsmod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ asus_nb_wmi 16990 0 asus_wmi 24191 1 asus_nb_wmi sparse_keymap 13948 1 asus_wmi ath9k 164164 0 ath9k_common 13551 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 453856 2 ath9k_common,ath9k ath 28698 3 ath9k_common,ath9k,ath9k_hw mac80211 626489 1 ath9k cfg80211 484040 3 ath,ath9k,mac80211 wmi 19177 1 asus_wmi video 19476 1 asus_wmi module parameters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ asus_nb_wmi (1): wapf=4 ath9k (5): blink=0 | bt_ant_diversity=0 | btcoex_enable=0 | nohwcrypt=0 | ps_enable=0 cfg80211 (2): cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz=N | ieee80211_regdom=00 mac80211 (5): beacon_loss_count=7 | ieee80211_default_rc_algo=minstrel_ht | max_nullfunc_tries=2 | max_probe_tries=5 | probe_wait_ms=500 video (3): allow_duplicates=N | brightness_switch_enabled=Y | use_native_backlight=-1 wmi (2): debug_dump_wdg=N | debug_event=N nm-tool ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State: disconnected ================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o=========== Interface & ID | Type | Driver | State | Default | Speed | Support | HW Addr ================o=============o========o=============o=========o===========o==============o=========== wlan0 | 802.11 WiFi | ath9k | unavailable | no | | WEP/WPA/WPA2 | ----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+----------- eth0 | Wired | r8169 | unavailable | no | | | ----------------+-------------+--------+-------------+---------+-----------+--------------+----------- NetworkManager.state ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true NetworkManager.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile,ofono dns=dnsmasq [ifupdown] managed=false NM WiFi Profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ interfaces ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback resolv.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Routes & Ping ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface iw reg get ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Region : "pl_PL.UTF-8") country 00: (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 20) (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (3, 20), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS (5735 - 5835 @ 40), (3, 20), PASSIVE-SCAN, NO-IBSS iwlist chan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wlan0 14 channels in total; available frequencies : Channel 01 (2.412 GHz) - 14 (2.484 GHz) iwlist scan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ blacklist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf] blacklist ath_pci modinfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [asus_nb_wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-nb-wmi.ko srcversion: 67514DF02FC4A206C47D0F5 depends: asus-wmi parm: wapf:WAPF value (uint) [asus_wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.ko srcversion: 222BD5E26B3EE82CC433FF2 depends: sparse-keymap,wmi,video [ath9k] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko srcversion: BAF225EEB618908380B28DA depends: ath9k_hw,mac80211,ath9k_common,cfg80211,ath parm: debug:Debugging mask (uint) parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int) parm: blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int) parm: btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int) parm: bt_ant_diversity:Enable WLAN/BT RX antenna diversity (int) parm: ps_enable:Enable WLAN PowerSave (int) [ath9k_common] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko srcversion: 696B00A6C59713EC0966997 depends: ath,ath9k_hw [ath9k_hw] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko srcversion: 4809F3842A0542CD6B556D3 depends: ath [ath] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko srcversion: 88A67C5359B02C5A710AFCF depends: cfg80211 [mac80211] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko srcversion: C0F95BBF832E05DEFD722F4 depends: cfg80211 parm: max_nullfunc_tries:Maximum nullfunc tx tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: max_probe_tries:Maximum probe tries before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: beacon_loss_count:Number of beacon intervals before we decide beacon was lost. (int) parm: probe_wait_ms:Maximum time(ms) to wait for probe response before disconnecting (reason 4). (int) parm: ieee80211_default_rc_algo:Default rate control algorithm for mac80211 to use (charp) [cfg80211] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko srcversion: 8B3D642D1F2E6406EF33F74 depends: parm: ieee80211_regdom:IEEE 802.11 regulatory domain code (charp) parm: cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz:Disable 40MHz support in the 2.4GHz band (bool) [wmi] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko srcversion: CED5410F008DC70DF5F064B depends: parm: debug_event:Log WMI Events [0/1] (bool) parm: debug_dump_wdg:Dump available WMI interfaces [0/1] (bool) [video] filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko srcversion: 274A2250DEAB415D412A67C depends: parm: brightness_switch_enabled:bool parm: allow_duplicates:bool parm: use_native_backlight:int udev rules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # PCI device 0x10ec:0x8168 (r8169) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # PCI device 0x168c:0x002b (ath9k) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" Custom files/entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /etc/modules : Default /etc/rc.local : Default /etc/modprobe.d : Not Default /etc/pm/(cnf|pw|sl) : Default [/etc/modprobe.d] iwlwifi.conf : remove iwlwifi \ (/sbin/lsmod | grep -o -e ^iwlmvm -e ^iwldvm -e ^iwlwifi | xargs /sbin/rmmod) \ && /sbin/modprobe -r mac80211 mlx4.conf : softdep mlx4_core post: mlx4_en Kernel boot line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=UUID=BD06-0E27 maybe-ubiquity debian-installer/language=pl keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=pl iso-scan/filename=/xubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed noprompt quiet splash -- dmesg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ 8.559199] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00