> > I assume you're typing 'ifconfig -a' ? > > Of course not. :( Amazingly, when I typed ifconfig -a I got a list > that included wlan0. So it's there after all. Probably all I have to do > is be somewhere where there is wireless. In fact, from past experience, > there are a couple of neighbors' wireless networks visible here. They > just don't appear when I am connected to my home ethernet. > > I never knew the -a switch for the ifconfig command. I swear that just > "ifconfig" used to show wlan0 back when I had Ubuntu.
By default, ifconfig returns just the interfaces that are "up". So if your wlan or additional ethernet cards are not in use, they won't show up unless you specify '-a'. The man page for ifconfig, as with most command line utilities, is an excellent resource. tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
