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You can use the iwconfig tool to find this info out:
$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"SECRETSSID"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:10:7A:93:AE:BF
Bit Rate=48 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
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Please take a look at this tutorial that shows how to setup a wifi client. Specifically the section on setting it up via the command-line as you're trying to do.
Tutorial's titled: WiFiHowToUse, specifically this section. There are some slight differences in the steps outlined in this tutorial from what you've described thus far in your question. For ...
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When you say you installed it alongside windows do you mean that you are dual booting windows and mint? Or are you running a virtual instance within windows?
Either way try this from the command line:
ifconfig wlan0 up && iwlist wlan0 scan | egrep -i "ssid|cipher"
If you get some kind of error check to see if you even have a wlan0 config file in ...
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I have a similar mac that I run Arch on assuming you have a broadcom card there are three possible drivers that may (or may not) work. (broadcom-wl) works for me. Also check pm-utils for powersaving settings. Further details on both can be found on the Arch wiki here
For further help post the wireless card info found with lspci.
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