Matching with Chris in comment 5 - if it is an open AP, I have done iwconfig wlan0 ap any + dhclient And had it work (including wifi led) - but nm applet still shows wireless as grayed.
Matching with Chris in comment 5 - if it is an open AP, I have done
iwconfig wlan0 ap any
+
dhclient
And had it work (including wifi led) - but nm applet still shows wireless as grayed.