Iwp5300 master mode?

Hi I have a Fujitsu T5010 laptop running Ubuntu and I am trying to see if it is possible to enable master mode with built in Intel 5300 AGN wireless adapter.

I followed through the instructions on:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/MasterMode

Code:

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sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode master

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I get

Code:

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Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

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but in the same article it says that it is possible to enable master mode with the iwlwifi drivers

My Card

Code:

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lspci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
18:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
38:03.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711SP1 Memory CardBus Controller (rev 01)

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Code:

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iwconfig wlan0
wlan0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated  Tx-Power=off 
          Retry  long limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

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Code:

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sudo lshw -C network
  *-network             
      description: Ethernet interface
      product: 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection
      vendor: Intel Corporation
      physical id: 19
      bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
      logical name: eth0
      version: 03
      serial: 00:23:26:61:4b:a2
      size: 100MB/s
      capacity: 1GB/s
      width: 32 bits
      clock: 33MHz
      capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
      configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=1.0.2-k2 duplex=full firmware=1.8-3 ip=128.236.131.163 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
      resources: irq:27 memory:f2700000-f271ffff memory:f2725000-f2725fff ioport:1840(size=32)
  *-network DISABLED
      description: Wireless interface
      product: PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
      vendor: Intel Corporation
      physical id: 0
      bus info: pci@0000:18:00.0
      logical name: wlan0
      version: 00
      serial: 00:21:6a:55:4d:c2
      width: 64 bits
      clock: 33MHz
      capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
      configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
      resources: irq:30 memory:f2500000-f2501fff

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Quote:

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*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN

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Why is it disabled? Please let us see:

Code:

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rfkill list all
dmesg | grep iwlagn

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Thanks.

Here are the results of the code

Code:

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
zachary@zachary-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep iwlagn
[  14.347971] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.3.27k
[  14.347974] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
[  14.348030] iwlagn 0000:18:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[  14.348038] iwlagn 0000:18:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[  14.348071] iwlagn 0000:18:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5300AGN REV=0x24
[  14.383217] iwlagn 0000:18:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
[  14.383767] iwlagn 0000:18:00.0: irq 30 for MSI/MSI-X

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Quote:

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0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes

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That typically means the wireless switch on your laptop is switched to 'Off.' Can you please switch it on?