iwconfig, iw not displaying wireless information

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Published on 2012-12-10T16:35:00Z Indexed on 2012/12/10 17:30 UTC
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after fresh install to 12.10, the wireless information is not shown by both iwconfig and iw. The wireless sets up successfully and able to connect

This is what i get

$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

$ iw wlan0 link
Not connected.

   $ uname -a
    Linux srivatsa-ThinkPad-T61 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:26:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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