AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu

I am running Ubuntu 8.10, but an very new to it. I cannot get a wireless connection and don't know how to fix it. PLEASE HELP ME. I have read some other posts and have done some tests on configs etc, which I will post below - should have all the info needed - or at least I hope so.

glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for glenn:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: tg3
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:1B:38:CA:EB:BE

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

  Wired Settings

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 10.1.1.3
    Prefix: 8 (255.0.0.0)
    Gateway: 10.1.1.1

    DNS: 10.1.1.1

glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:38:ca:eb:be
          inet addr:10.1.1.3 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:feca:ebbe/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:89009 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:61545 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:116317015 (116.3 MB) TX bytes:5090817 (5.0 MB)
          Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:7741 (7.7 KB) TX bytes:7741 (7.7 KB)

glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1b:38:ca:eb:be
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full ip=10.1.1.3 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 2a:1e:54:b6:e6:f4
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 005: ID 0d49:7410 Maxtor
Bus 007 Device 004: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1241:1503 Belkin Keyboard
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux glenn-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ dmesg|grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe1b0] 000fe1b0
[ 0.528379] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 1.258909] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.259205] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 1.259489] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.2: found MSI capability
[ 1.259773] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.3: found MSI capability
[ 1.614615] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.684768] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.661257] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.764503] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.782311] No dock devices found.
[ 2.888195] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.992574] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.096543] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.200531] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.324180] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 16.368961] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[ 20.070471] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 23.906288] apm: BIOS not found.
[11253.229956] hub 7-1:1.0: USB hub found
[11262.527590] usb-storage: device found at 5
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$ dmesg|grep etect
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMI detected: Acer
[ 0.000000] Detected 1994.970 MHz processor.
[ 1.683871] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 2.661264] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 2.764509] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 2.888203] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 2.992581] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.096550] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.200538] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.324189] hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 14.517795] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory
[11253.230298] hub 7-1:1.0: 4 ports detected
glenn@glenn-laptop:~$