wifly not connecting and sending back garbage

I am using the sample code (modified with my wireless params) from the tutorial

I get the following:

Entering command mode.

Set wlan to authorization level 0

Set IP localport to 80

Joining ‘krycek’

Failed to associate with ‘krycek’

Retrying…

Rebooting

when I uncomment the Serial.println of the response back. It simply prints a loads of garbage characters.

Can anyone help me solve this problem?

Note: I am using ubuntu 10, with the arduino default serial monitor

sorry. Duplicate thread