I have this issue as well, my wireless NIC is:
01:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc.
AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter
(rev. B) [1186:3a13]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 17
Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k

