On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 11:04 +0530, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > please try with debug messages enabled sudo modprobe ath9k debug=0x2 > (or) > sudo modprobe debug=0x82 (this produces lots of log) I unloaded, reloaded with debug= the ath9k module, then I connected to the AP and I didn't see any supplementary message: root@gnutoo-laptop:~# modinfo ath9k filename: /lib/modules/2.6.37-020637-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL description: Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards. author: Atheros Communications srcversion: 9F79F17BF7FC245D5B37879 alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000030sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000027sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: ath9k_hw,mac80211,cfg80211,ath9k_common,ath vermagic: 2.6.37-020637-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: debug:Debugging mask (uint) parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int) parm: blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int) root@gnutoo-laptop:~# lsmod | grep ath9k ath9k_common 3151 0 ath9k_hw 288200 1 ath9k_common ath 17109 1 ath9k_hw root@gnutoo-laptop:~# modprobe ath9k debug=0x82 [...] #connect to the open AP with network manager root@gnutoo-laptop:~# dmesg | tail -n 1 [22036.864772] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Denis. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html