Bit Rate=48 Mb/s

Tx­Power=15 dBm

 

Retry min limit:7

RTS thr:off

Fragment thr=2352 B

 

Encryption key:****­****­**

Security mode:open

 

Power Management:off

 

 

 

Link Quality=77/100 Signal level:­56 dBm Noise level=­87 dBm

 

Rx invalid nwid:0

Rx invalid crypt:0

Rx invalid frag:0

 

Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0

Missed beacon:0

vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

 

 

pan0

no wireless extensions.

 

 

Table­2. Network interface list and hardware assignment.

Now that we have a bunch of interfaces listed but are unsure of whether we need firmware on not for them, as in if they have default kernel and OS support or not, let's run a quick test. Running iwlist wlan0 scan in the terminal as root will show us if the wireless NIC is working or not if various different SSID's are detected.

root@Compaq2230s:~# iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Scan completed :

Cell 01 ­ Address: 00:22:3F:CF:35:B0 ESSID:"The Bush" Mode:Master

Channel:6

Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)

Quality=43/100 Signal level:­83 dBm Noise level=­127 dBm Encryption key:on

IE: Unknown: 00085468652042757368

IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C

IE: Unknown: 030106

IE: Unknown: 2A0104

IE: Unknown: 2F0104

IE: Unknown: 32040C121860

IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0000000

IE: WPA Version 1 Group Cipher : TKIP Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s

24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

Extra:tsf=00000a251fd97ad8 Extra: Last beacon: 2292ms ago

Cell 02 ­ Address: 00:1A:A1:05:D6:C0 ESSID:""

Mode:Master

Channel:9

Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)

Quality=73/100 Signal level:­61 dBm Noise level=­127 dBm Encryption key:on

IE: Unknown: 000100

IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824

IE: Unknown: 030109

IE: Unknown: 2A0100

IE: Unknown: 32043048606C

IE: Unknown: 851E00008D000F00FF031900436973636F38353757000000000000000100002B

IE: Unknown: DD050040960304

IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101010003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00 Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s

11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s

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