potential newbie with questions (please be gentle)

[Jerry Bolt]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Maurice McCarthy <manselton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Applications - Accessories - Terminal and type in "nm-tool" and post
> the results to this list. That is the network manager tool to find out
> information about all network connections.
>
> Maurice
>

If I posted in bad form then I apologize.  In all fairness, I have not
been a part of a mail list for years so my understanding of "proper
form" is a little rusty.

With that out of the way...  Maurice, I posted what you asked for but
I am going to post it again, in the event it got buried.

Device:  eth0
Type: wired
Driver: tg3
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: 00:26:9E:31:0F:5E

Capabilities:
   Carrier Detect: yes

Wired Properties:
   Carrier: off

Device: wlan0
Type; 802.11 WiFi
Driver: b43
State: disconnected
Default: no
HW Address: 00:26:82:2A:76:F8

Capabilities:

Wireless Properties
   WEP Encryption: yes
   WPA Encryption: yes
   WPA2 Encryption: yes

Wireless Access Points


May I add...  I am trying out Linux because I want a more stable and
efficient OS than Windows.  However, at this point the start up is
beginning to be a hassle that I am growing weary of... or I am just
stupid. ;-)