access my router by wireless card

[#1]

hi, got an old pc running ubuntu 10.10. got a wifi lan card I put in it, hoping to  connect to my,  thomson wireless router in another room  , have tried configuring the wifi card as ad hoc but no idea what the other entries need are. perhaps someone has advice to help me connectup please? I knoe i could run a long cable between them, but would trip up and break my neck, so any help gratefully received

[#2]

You need the Client set up to connect as an "Infrastructure" client .... not Ad Hoc.
The standard UBUNTU wireless utility will find the available wireless SSIDs and allow you to select yours. Then, all you need to enter is the WPA Passphrase.

[#3]

The old PC may have a wireless card which only supports WEP which will mean reconfiguring the router security - not a good idea

[#4]

Hi, can anyone tell me what i need to enter to connect my pc running Ubuntu 10 10 to my Thomson router wirelessly  please  thax Don

[#5]

original topic merged for continuity

[#6]

If you click on the wifi icon (next to the speaker volume icon)
You should see something like the attachment...
Select the obvious entry (the Thompson Fxxxxx) and enter the password when requested to.
If you don't see all this, you can check that the PC sees the hardware by entering into
Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal the command

lshw -C network

You should see something like

Quote

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.  *-network                     description: Wireless interface       product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.       physical id: 8       bus info: pci@0000:05:08.0       logical name: wlan0       version: 01       serial: 00:14:6c:8a:c1:1d       width: 32 bits       clock: 33MHz       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=2.6.35-23-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.5 latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg       resources: irq:18 memory:d3000000-d300ffff

The product and vendor names are worth writing down.