A follow-up comment.

For the past 3 months I was using a custom kernel (now based on 3.3.7
mainline kernel) and wifi was working. Today for project that I needed,
I removed this custom kernel and rebooted to the official ubuntu kernel
(3.2.0.29.46 witch is based on 3.2.24 mainline kernel). This is when I
realized that wirless was not working.

To investigate why it stopped working, I downloaded the source kernel
package for 3.2.0.29.46 (the latest) and checked if the modules for
Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 are disabled or not. Oddly
as you can see from the screenshot I have found them enabled even if it
doesn't work on that kernel.

Then I downloaded again and installed the custom kernel package (3.3.7)
that I was using for the past 3 months and after rebooting, wifi was
working.

Just for the sake of testing, I rebooted again to the official kernel
(without removing the 3.3.7 custom kernel) and oddly the wifi started to
work.

I suppose that there must be a configuration file that has changed with
the installation of the newer (custom) kernel and made it possible to
wirk the wifi with the official (old) kernel

** Attachment added: "Intel-Ultimate-N-WiFi-Link-5300-in-kernel"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/997883/+attachment/3257052/+files/intelwirless.png

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