I have installed ubuntu 10.10 on my Gateway SX2840-01 with a Intel Wireless 4965AGN installed onto the motherboard. All is working well besides the wireless connection. It scans and shows listed networks, however, it will not connect to anything. No secure or non-secure networks.

below I am listing some results that might help to identify the problem.

tom@tom:~$ dmesg | grep iwl

[ 7.242873] iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi 4965 driver for Linux, in-tree:
[ 7.242875] iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 7.242919] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 7.242925] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7.242945] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, REV=0x4
[ 7.285710] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x36, CALIB=0x5
[ 7.285730] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
[ 7.285796] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: irq 50 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 7.561459] iwl4965 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.61.2.24
[ 7.571723] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-4965-rs'

tom@tom:~$ ls /etc/modprobe.d
alsa-base.conf blacklist-firewire.conf blacklist-rare-network.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf blacklist-framebuffer.conf blacklist-watchdog.conf
blacklist.conf blacklist-modem.conf
blacklist-cups-usblp.conf blacklist-oss.conf

tom@tom:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff