Where is my IWCONFIG ??

[mOrloff]

I've got a nice little IBM ThinkCentre desktop that has been wonderfully fun and easy to set up, even for someone as green and clueless as myself

The next task on the menu is wireless, so I plugged in my PCI wireless card, booted up, and it is being read just fine. It shows up in ifconfig, and everything looks great!

Now I just need to provide the credentials for the network, and I understand that iwconfig is the default/best tool for the job.
The only problem is that my machine is telling me that iwconfig is not found.

I downloaded and loaded 'wireless-tools', but after that ... I'm at a loss.

Help ??

[Rich]

Hi mOrloff
According to AppBrowser it puts it in  usr/local/sbin/iwconfig. Since it's in an  sbin directory you
probably need to use  sudo iwconfig
Linux has a habit of lying to you about the existence of files if it thinks you are not entitled to access
them.

[tinypoodle]

iwconfig should still show output though even if running as normal user; if not found it means the extension is not correctly loaded.

[Rich]

@tinypoodle: Your right, I was thinking of my Debian machine, It tells me file not found for certain
commands unless I log in as su.

@mOrloff: How did you download it. Does the machine also have a wired connection? Did you use
AppBrowser and leave the setting Onboot? You need to provide some details.
Open a terminal and type in  ls /tmp/tcloop  and see if it lists wireless-tools

[hiro]

@tinypoodle: Your right, I was thinking of my Debian machine, It tells me file not found for certain
commands unless I log in as su.

That's because on debian sbins by default aren't in your $PATH variable

[Rich]

Thanks hiro, now I know why.

[mOrloff]

Thanks to all for all the feedback.
I'll try to address everything in order.

1. I do not see it in usr/local/sbin/.
2. 'sudo iwconfig' produces the same results: "not found"
3. I did use the appbrowser to download it. I think I had it Download + Load.  (I did back up prior to any reboots.)
4. This machine does also have a wired connection (for the time being).
5. 'wireless-tools' is not included in the list when I run 'ls /tmp/tcloop'.

So ... what are your thoughts now ??
Again, thank you.

[curaga]

It is not loaded. Either add to onboot via appsaudit or load it once only via appbrowser - load local.

[mOrloff]

Thank you thank you.
iwconfig is now avail.

Now all I need to do is find out how to put in my network spec's.
If anyone has any good links for me to look at, or some great quick tips, I'd be forever grateful

~ Mo