$ wajig install hostap-utils hostap-source wireless-tools hotplug $ echo "alias wlan0 hostap_pci" >/etc/modutils/hostap $ update-modules

Compile the module for the kernel:

$ cd /usr/src $ tar zxvf hostap-source.tar.gz $ cd linux $ fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -local modules_image $ sudo dpkg -i ../hostap-modules-2.6.7-local_0.1.2-2_i386.deb $ depmod -a

Ensure that you have a wlan0 section in /etc/network/interfaces:

iwconfig wlan0 essid foobar iwconfig wlan0 mode managed