EeePC 1001P wireless not working

Please could you help, I have an ASUS Eeepc 1001P but cannot get wireless working.

Have listed below diagnostics from terminal output

heathbrand@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep '8180|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt5|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; sudo dmidecode|egrep 'Manufact|Product'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '8180|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for heathbrand:
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security InRelease
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release.gpg
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe TranslationIndex
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en_GB
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com natty-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en_GB
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com natty-updates/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
grep is already the newest version.
hwinfo is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR2427 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:25:d3:e7:8b:bc
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:f8000000-f800ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 48:5b:39:1e:33:5b
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)
0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: yes
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge [8086:a010]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet [1969:1062] (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2427 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002c] (rev 01)
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 003 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 002: ID 13d3:5111 IMC Networks Integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=======================================================
                                system Notebook
/0 bus 1005P
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N450 @ 1.66G
/0/4/5 memory 24KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/15 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/15/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/15/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/100 bridge N10 Family DMI Bridge
/0/100/2 display N10 Family Integrated Graphics Contr
/0/100/2.1 display N10 Family Integrated Graphics Contr
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Aud
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 wlan0 network AR2427 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1c.3/0 eth0 network AR8132 Fast Ethernet
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controlle
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge NM10 Family LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB WDC WD1600BEVT-8
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 65GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 59GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 10GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 17MiB EFI (FAT-12/16/32) partition
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780
[ 0.178059] ACPI: EC: EC description table is found, configuring boot EC
[ 0.223508] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.228056] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.228065] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.268200] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.268247] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.268365] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.269824] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.276193] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.279000] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.279110] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #1
[ 0.304221] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.386159] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.390854] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.407891] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 0.763154] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.881611] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 0.881617] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 0.883374] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.900336] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.901157] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.901815] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.904399] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.905063] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.924757] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 0.924765] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.929642] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.212097] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.653670] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32), AA
[ 1.656286] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks: (160 GB/149 GiB)
[ 9.726962] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 10.490148] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB2.0 UVC VGA WebCam (13d3:5111)
[ 10.492044] input: USB2.0 UVC VGA WebCam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6:1.0/input/input5
[ 10.492314] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 11.235179] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 11.235201] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 11.235225] ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 11.286012] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60
[ 11.286020] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 11.286030] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 11.286035] ath: Regpair used: 0x60
[ 11.360259] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 11.555904] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[ 11.557793] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio
[ 11.557874] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc
[ 11.558041] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx
[ 11.558229] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx
[ 11.842079] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 11.842837] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 27.106635] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 37.568043] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
 Product Name: 1001P
 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
 Product Name: 1005P
 Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer00
 Manufacturer: Manufacturer01
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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

# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2631: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
24: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: y9sn.NzPQ2wQROeF
  Parent ID: qTvu.2laDbfeI21D
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros WLAN controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x002c
  SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
  SubDevice: pci 0x1112
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath9k"
  Driver Modules: "ath9k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf8000000-0xf800ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 17 (no events)
  HW Address: 00:25:d3:e7:8b:bc
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 2.484
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv00001A3Bsd00001112bc02sc80i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath9k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath9k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

25: PCI 100.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: rBUF.Qk9ZRmN_Ab8
  Parent ID: Z7uZ.6PMDWx679ZE
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1062
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x838a
  Revision: 0xc0
  Driver: "atl1c"
  Driver Modules: "atl1c"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf7fc0000-0xf7ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xec00-0xec7f (rw)
  IRQ: 46 (29266 events)
  HW Address: 48:5b:39:1e:33:5b
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001062sv00001043sd0000838Abc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl1c is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl1c"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 255820 1
snd_hda_intel 24140 2
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_codec 90901 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
joydev 17322 0
ath9k 103633 0
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
eeepc_wmi 18771 0
snd_pcm 80244 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
mac80211 257001 1 ath9k
i915 450944 3
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
sparse_keymap 13666 1 eeepc_wmi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
ath9k_common 13611 1 ath9k
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo 66851 0
ath9k_hw 300328 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 180037 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
ath 19141 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
videodev 75143 1 uvcvideo
psmouse 73312 0
serio_raw 12990 0
snd 55295 13 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
cfg80211 156212 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 13349 0
video 18951 1 i915
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
ahci 21591 2
libahci 25548 1 ahci
atl1c 36237 0
heathbrand@ubuntu:~$