check my LAN ans WLAN card

[bilal_jan]

i wanna know who can i check which LAN and Wireless LAN card are installed on my ubuntu 8.10 installation.
secondly how can i check are they working or not!!!
regards

[coopstah13]

lspci to see what your devices are
ifconfig will show you if they are in use, you can also see what networks you are connected to with the network manager application

[bilal_jan]

thanks coopstah13 for the quick reply i tried both of these commands side by side
first when i run first command lspci
i got an output in which i was shown only my ethernet card not WLAN card
but when i run ifconfig command there i was shown my Wireless LAN card with logical name wlan0.
what does this means???
secondly can u please tell me how can i access network manager application.
regards

[coopstah13]

is your wireless card usb? if so then you need to use lsusb to see it

the network manager should be an applet in the top right corner, (this is if you are on ubuntu and not (k/x)ubuntu)

[bilal_jan]

yes i do have both wireless and wired LAN cards
lsusb gives
BUS 005 Device 003: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp.
but i think iwconfig is better way to view your wirelss lan cards
thanks for the help coopstah13