You sometimes have to when it takes mod approval to post. If you disagree with a mod, they might not approve a post; hence repeating a question three different ways. The three attempts at posting...

Regardless, can anyone help? ifconfig -a shows that the adapter is up and running, yet no networks are found.

Since when do you need linux to hack? It's not the only operating system. Am I not a hacker because I don't know how to configure network connections on every OS? Sorry, that was just an ignorant...

Yeah well I can hack on windows... just linux does not get along with me nicely. On a side note, nothing worked. ifconfig wlan0 up did nothing productive. The card is up, yet no networks detected.

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll give it a shot real quick. And no there is no possibility of someone using a deauth attack against me; I live in a very small city, and I am 99% sure I am the only...

Ok so here's the deal. I have a linksys wireless-b usb adapter (wusb11 2.6) and it seems to not be compatible with linux :/. I tried ifconfig and iwconfig and it does not show up. However, I try my...