lsmod output Module Size Used by wlan_wep 8576 1 wlan_scan_sta 16640 1 ath_rate_sample 15616 1 ath_pci 105392 0 wlan 225736 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci ath_hal 219888 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci lspci output 00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev f3) 01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01) wlanconfig ath0 list scan output SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS wlan-ap 00:04:ed:42:89:e1 1 54M 38:0 100 EPSs WPA WLAN 00:12:bf:25:c0:dd 6 54M 16:0 100 EPSB WPA iwconfig output lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wifi0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:"" Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-93 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0