Thread: Atheros AR5001 won't find WLAN in laptop

hey folks, absolute beginner here. had never used linux os before, got tired of ****indows , decided drugs... means getting new os = linux. chose ubuntu apparently being simple 1 beginners, , 1 found biggest number of forums. installed 2 days ago , first contact ever.

so, brief story, it, know nothing. installed , seems working except wireless internet. i've looked other threads same problem have none solved mine, i've created one.

enough of talking!

the laptop hp pavillion g60, ubuntu version 11.04 dated april 2011. wireless switch turned on , internet router working (i'm posting dad's vaio w/ w7).

here log commands "help , support" docs told me do. there else should paste here doctors diagnose sickness? looking forward hear you, anyway.

moises@dantas:~$ nm-tool
networkmanager tool
state: disconnected
- device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
type: wired
driver: forcedeth
state: unavailable
default: no
hw address: 00:1f:16f:3b:54
capabilities:
carrier detect: yes
wired properties
carrier: off

- device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
type: 802.11 wifi
driver: ath5k
state: unavailable
default: no
hw address: 00:24:2c:9c:cd:95
capabilities:
wireless properties
wep encryption: yes
wpa encryption: yes
wpa2 encryption: yes
wireless access points

moises@dantas:~$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password moises:
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: mcp77 ethernet
vendor: nvidia corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:1f:16:df:3b:54
capacity: 100mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66mhz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=mii
resources: irq:41 memory:c0009000-c0009fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:c0007c00-c0007cff memory:c0007800-c000780f
*-network disabled
description: wireless interface
product: ar5001 wireless network adapter
vendor: atheros communications inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:24:2c:9c:cd:95
width: 64 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=n/a latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=ieee 802.11bg
resources: irq:23 memory:c2000000-c200ffff

welcome forum,

had problem other day on wife's laptop. able come reasonable solution (it still disconnect randomly reconnects shortly after automagically )

posted solution @ end of thread.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1790779

works well.

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