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Hello,
I assume that as you are confused with the output
of iwconfig that you must be getting more than just a list of interfaces not
supporting wireless extensions. If my assumption is correct, then your wireless
card is supported.
A few things you probably want to pick out from
iwconfig are:
The interface name - this is the very first item of
the block of information
essid - this is the wireless networks name (what
you should see when you scan for wireless networks)
frequency (it may be shortened to something like
freq) - the frequency of your network (alternatively I think you can get the
channel)
There is plenty of other things, speed, encryption
keys, mode, etc, I can't remember them all and can't check as I am currently
using windows.
If it appears your wireless card is connected to
the wrong network, you can check available networks with "iwlist scan". Make
note of this output for your network as you can use this info to set up your
card through iwconfig. If iwlist scan has shown your network then things are
good as your wireless card is working and sees the network, leaving just the
configuration to be done. This is where I am starting to run out of info as I am
not a wireless expert. If tools like iwconfig, iwlist, etc sound a bit much, I
am sure there must be a GUI tool for this, but not knowing ubuntu and not using
wireless much I don't know what will be there.
Michael Whapples
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