How to connect with wifi ?

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EDIT:  I have to make sure I disconnect the Ethernet cable when testing the WiFi ... DUH


I've made some progress in the last few hours ... I discovered I wasn't at the latest release, so I downloaded and burned it:

    debian/debian-mate-jessie-20160501-lenny.raposo-longsleep-pine64-8GB.zip

It looks ok so far, and now I have wlan devices - yes, TWO of them - wlan0 and wlan1:

Code:

# iwconfig
eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
         Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=12 dBm  
         Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Encryption key:off
         Power Management:on
         
sit0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
         Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=12 dBm  
         Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Encryption key:off
         Power Management:on

# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 7a:6e:63:ac:21:f1  
         inet addr:192.168.1.104  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
         inet6 addr: fe80::786e:63ff:feac:21f1/64 Scope:Link
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:83 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes:9542 (9.3 KiB)  TX bytes:14007 (13.6 KiB)
         Interrupt:114

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
         RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         RX bytes:240 (240.0 B)  TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 34:c3:d2:7b:45:0c  
         UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 36:c3:d2:7b:45:0c  
         UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

I certainly did NOT expect TWO of them, so now I'm at a loss as to where to go from here.  The MAC address for the 'real' device has to be entered into my router Access List, and I have to connect to my wireless network.

EDIT:  When I click on the network icon (top right of screen) I see the available networks, but I don't get a connection???

Thank you for any and all comments, suggestions, and assistance.


Blessings in abundance, all the best, & ENJOY!
Art in Carlisle, PA USA