New install of Ubuntu 9.10 beta
Acer Aspire
nm-tool shows wireless disconnected.

caddis-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry limit:63 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementn
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

caddis-laptop:~$ lspci
.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros
AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0)


john@caddis-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: wlan0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: ath9k
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 00:26:5E:03:46:72

Capabilities:

Wireless Properties
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points
09FX04128647: Infra, 00:23:97:59:5D:6D, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 27 WEP
SPIRIT: Infra, 00:14:6C:4A:4D:0C, Freq 2462 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 92


- Device: eth0 [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
Type: Wired
Driver: ATL1E
State: connected
Default: yes
HW Address: 00:23:8B:EB:CB:2B

Capabilities:
Carrier Detect: yes
Speed: 100 Mb/s

Wired Properties
Carrier: on

IPv4 Settings:
Address: 192.168.5.3
Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
Gateway: 192.168.5.1

DNS: 192.168.5.1