I tried just using iwconfig wlan0 ap & all I get is iwconfig showing Access-point Not-Associated. My system doesn't understand dhcpcd & here is what happens when I use dhclient
blipside@TV:~$ sudo dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.1
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit
http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:1f:38:9a:39
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1f:1f:38:9a:39
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
When I look at dmesg |tail -n 20 it doesn't seem to show anything about wlan0
blipside@TV:~$ dmesg |tail -n 20
[ 37.092037] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -117519423 ns)
[ 41.544029] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 299.070456] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 299.070462] usb 1-2.1: USB disconnect, address 3
[ 299.121888] usb 1-2.2: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 897.704053] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 897.881844] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 897.884531] hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 897.888372] hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 898.160785] usb 1-2.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
[ 898.284246] usb 1-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 898.288583] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.1/1-2.1:1.0/input/input8
[ 898.340207] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0004: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.1/input0
[ 898.345771] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0005: fixing up Logitech keyboard reportdescriptor
[ 898.347417] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.1/1-2.1:1.1/input/input9
[ 898.416459] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0005: input,hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.1/input1
[ 898.488804] usb 1-2.2: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
[ 898.608196] usb 1-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 898.623881] input: Logitech Trackball as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.2/1-2.2:1.0/input/input10
[ 898.664197] generic-usb 0003:046D:C404.0006: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Trackball] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.2/input0
Here is the output from tail -n 20 /var/log/messages
blipside@TV:~$ tail -n 20 /var/log/messages
Oct 4 13:30:41 TV kernel: [ 30.980257] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Oct 4 13:30:47 TV kernel: [ 37.092037] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -117519423 ns)
Oct 4 13:35:09 TV kernel: [ 299.070456] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
Oct 4 13:35:09 TV kernel: [ 299.070462] usb 1-2.1: USB disconnect, address 3
Oct 4 13:35:09 TV kernel: [ 299.121888] usb 1-2.2: USB disconnect, address 4
Oct 4 13:45:07 TV kernel: [ 897.704053] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 897.881844] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from1 choice
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 897.884531] hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 897.888372] hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.160785] usb 1-2.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.284246] usb 1-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.288583] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.1/1-2.1:1.0/input/input8
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.340207] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0004: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.1/input0
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.345771] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0005: fixing up Logitech keyboard report descriptor
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.347417] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.1/1-2.1:1.1/input/input9
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.416459] logitech 0003:046D:C517.0005: input,hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.1/input1
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.488804] usb 1-2.2: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.608196] usb 1-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.623881] input: Logitech Trackball as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.1/usb1/1-2/1-2.2/1-2.2:1.0/input/input10
Oct 4 13:45:08 TV kernel: [ 898.664197] generic-usb 0003:046D:C404.0006: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Trackball] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.2/input0
Thanks again for your help with this.