Installing your wireless driver on a Linux distribution is
only half the battle.
Once it's installed, you have to configure it.
This means adding the network name, or SSID (service set
identifier), and the passkey for your wireless network.
In older versions of Linux, this had to be done with the
"iwconfig" command line tools.
Luckily, Linux Mint has incorporated a graphical utility for
configuring your Ethernet and wireless adapters.
Open the "Control Center," which will be found
under the main program menu on the bottom right of your computer screen.
Click the "Network Connections" icon under the
"Internet and Network" section.
Click the "Wireless" tab in the
"Network Connections" window.
Click the "Add" button.
Type the name for your wireless network in the
"SSID" text box.
Choose one of the options under the
"Mode" drop-down list. Most users will choose the
"Infrastructure" option.
Click the "Security" tab.
Choose your network's security protocol from
the "Security" drop-down list.
Type the key for your wireless network in the
"Key" text box.
Click "Apply" to save the changes.
Click the network connection icon in the task
bar. It will look like two computers and can be found next to the clock.
Click on the name of your wireless connection
to connect to the network.
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/MintWifi -
The_network_manager.
Activate a Wi-Fi Card for Linux Mint
Log into Mint as user root. Launch a command shell, either
by logging in in text mode or by launching a Terminal window from the graphical
desktop.
Type the following command into the shell:
iwconfig
Press "Enter." Make a note of the name chosen by
Linux Mint for your Wi-Fi card it will be the only word displayed flush with
the left edge of the screen.
Type the following command into the shell:
iwlist wlan0 scan
Replace "wlan0" with the name of the Wi-Fi card
you noted earlier.
Press "Enter."
Mint will display a list of the wireless networks in range
that you can potentially join.
Type the following command into the shell:
iwconfig wlan0 essid library-wireless
Replace "library-wireless" with the name of the
network you want to join, from the list generated by the "iwlist"
command. Linux Mint will join the network.
At this point you can browse the Web and access the Internet
in other ways via the Wi-Fi card on your computer.
http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwlist
http://linux.die.net/man/8/iwconfig
Getting Started with Linux Mint
http://linuxgazette.net/137/lazar.html
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