Ubuntu 9.10 -- getting iwconfig to show wlan

urahonky

I need to work on a project for a class which requires me to be able to run iwconfig and get the signal quality of said wireless signal. I have my script already setup to do this but for some damn reason wlan isn't showing up in there.

I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10, and when I did I opened up terminal and typed "iwconfig" and there wlan was... EXCEPT I didn't have any wireless connections available. Which is wrong because I live in an apartment complex with like 100 around me.

So I google'd and found there were others with the problem. I fixed it and was able to connect to my wireless just fine......... Except now wlan doesn't show up in iwconfig anymore!!!! I'm so frustrated because I need to just get this damn project over with but Linux tries to make everything so difficult that I have no idea where to go.

I "fixed" my wireless by installing the "bcmwl-kernal-source" package then rebooted. Please help me get wlan back so I can finish this project. And so I can go back to Windows where things just "work".

urahonky

When I type: "lshw -C network" this is what I get:

*-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:14:a5:ac:95:10
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.10.91.9 ip=192.168.1.105 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: irq:19 memory:c3000000-c3003fff

urahonky

I read somewhere you can modify your /etc/iftab file to change it from eth1 to wlan0, but the file doesn't exist for me and making it does nothing.

urahonky

After going through numerous Ubuntu threads and so much terminal work my eyes are bleeding.... I got it to work. Hopefully it stays working this time!