root@erik:~# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Tx-Power:32 dBm RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B Encryption key:7363-686E-7562-6265-6C73-3132-33 Security mode:open Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 root@erik:~# lshw -C network *-network description: Ethernet interface product: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: pci@01:08.0 logical name: eth0 version: 41 serial: 00:00:e2:64:e4:f5 size: 100MB/s capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegociation configuration: autonegociation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.4.14-k4-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.131 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s resources: iomemory:80101000-80101fff ioport:7000-703f irq:11 *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 2 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:c0:49:55:10:12 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.2.131 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g root@erik:~# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:C0:49:54:7E:4E ESSID:"USR5462" Protocol:IEEE 802.11g Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11) Quality:0/100 Signal level:-64 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm Encryption key:on Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Extra:bcn_int=100 Extra:atim=1 root@erik:~#