03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
so installed with synaptic the "firmware-iwlwifi" kernel module, which is a correct one for this adapter.
Then "modprobe -a iwlwifi"........no complaints !
however,
root@pointlinux:/home/user# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 No such device
and
root@pointlinux:/home/user# lsmod |grep iwlwifi
iwlwifi 87219 0
cfg80211 350041 4 iwl4965,iwlwifi,iwlegacy,mac80211
the wired ethernet is working
ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:37:82:ac:72
inet addr:192.168.1.16 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:37ff:fe82:ac72/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:64563 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:36576 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:92991548 (88.6 MiB) TX bytes:2896907 (2.7 MiB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:fe000000-fe020000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr:

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:514 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:514 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:43005 (41.9 KiB) TX bytes:43005 (41.9 KiB)
when I go to "Prewferences" "Network Connection" ' Add" "WI-FI" "Create" "Device MAC Address " box is empty.......no adapter detected !!!
Any advise will be appreciated !
Thanks!