ath5k and Atheros AR242x - No scan results

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

Hello all,

I'd appreciate some help troubleshooting my wireless connection.

I have a Toshiba Satellite L305 series laptop running Debian
sid with a recent, stock Debian kernel version 2.6.29-2-486.

$ lspci | grep Atheros

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

I am seeking to connect to a D-Link 614+ wireless router.
For initial testing, the AP is unencrypted, unsecured.

My wife's G3 i-Book with AfterTheMac USB wireless adapter
connected just fine, on the first try.

I believe I have the modules I should have:

$ lsmod | grep 80211
mac80211              139680  1 ath5k
cfg80211               21576  2 ath5k,mac80211

My wireless network interface is present:

$ iwconfig wlan0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

$ ifconfig wlan0

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:63:82:82:40  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


However, I don't find the D-Link 614+:

$ iwlist wlan0 scan

wlan0     No scan results

And of course, dhclient fails to find a server.

Am I missing something? What could I try next?
I'd appreciate any pointers.

Thanks.

-- 
Joel Roth