Index: uspace/drv/nic/ar9271/ar9271.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/drv/nic/ar9271/ar9271.c	(revision 3a2692531629e5a8a32a01cf70175a2be26e50fd)
+++ uspace/drv/nic/ar9271/ar9271.c	(revision 8800b13065d75eefbc778f2b003bc4253f57fc29)
@@ -166,5 +166,15 @@
 static errno_t ar9271_get_cable_state(ddf_fun_t *fun, nic_cable_state_t *state)
 {
-	*state = NIC_CS_PLUGGED;
+	nic_t *nic_data = nic_get_from_ddf_fun(fun);
+	if (!nic_data)
+		return ENOENT;
+	ar9271_t *ar9271 = nic_get_specific(nic_data);
+	if (!ar9271)
+		return ENOENT;
+
+	if (ieee80211_is_connected(ar9271->ieee80211_dev))
+		*state = NIC_CS_PLUGGED;
+	else
+		*state = NIC_CS_UNPLUGGED;
 
 	return EOK;