Wireless connectivity

[Reversik]

Ok I went into my root terminal after that I put in my sudo password after that I input the command and when I input the command it still came out with

root@world:~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results

[waterhead]

That's not a good sign. Either there are no available networks, or the card isn't working.

Is there a on/off switch or shortcut keys for this wireless? It could be switched off, and just needs to be turned back on.

Otherwise, try the commands to first disable it, then enable it.

ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0

[Reversik]

Ok when I am in linux wireless does not work but when I am in my windows xp it works just fine with the wireless network finder.

I put in for ifdown wlan0

root@world:~# ifdown wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured

I put in for ifup wlan0

root@world:~# ifup wlan0
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.

[waterhead]

root@world:~# ifdown wlan0
ifdown: interface wlan0 not configured

Configure the card again, even if you did it before. It appears that it didn't survive the reboot. Verify that it does or doesn't exist with the iwconfig command.

[Reversik]

I input iwconfig in there and came out with this :

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:39:BA4:B9
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key: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

[waterhead]

It looks like it's still there. It isn't configured to connect to a AP yet. (no ESSID)

[Reversik]

I'm not exactly sure how to configure that to make it connect , I'm just a little bit confused.

[waterhead]

Did you ever configure it in the network card setup section?

[MikeTbob]

Not to confuse you further or anything, but there are GUI tools available that might help you out a little bit.
KWifimanager
WiFiRadar
I usually use Kwifimanager myself.

[Reversik]

Ok I've tried a couple of things, the ones you gave me definitely found a network but couldn't connect? Apparently my Realtek L8187 doesn't work straight out of the box and I would have to get the driver to install it. I've tried to go through ndiswrapper but haven't had much luck in locating my .inf file for my driver. This is all kinda confusing since I'm new , I've tried going through some things but seem to not work. I went to the site;

Realtek

which is the realtek site but I have no clue in my right mind on how to do a run a tar.gz file , from what I understand I would have to open it up and go through a lengthy process or some sort. Is there an easier way to get an initialization of the driver from adept manager?
Again I'm just running a rtl8187 , went to a site that showed me ,

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ha...rkCardsRealTek

that which is what made me come to believe some of the things now.

I've went through a couple of things such like sourceforge.net wiki on the realtek but to no avail because it seems a bit too high over my head at the moment.

Sorry for the long paragraph it's just frustrating getting wireless to connect.