le Pingouin, thanks for your help.
for dmesg | more I see:
much stuff and then
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu
udevd[179]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
and then much stuff.
dmesg | grep wlan produces:
udevd[179]: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan1
and
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
lsusb | grep Edimax produces:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11 Wireless Adapter [Realteck RTL8188CUS]
and
lsmod | grep 8192cu produces:
8192cu 485042 0
and finally, iwconfig produces:
exactly what it shows in the webpage instructions except for wlan1 in place of wlan0.
Thanks again, I am learning as I go along, dmesg, grep and more seem to be useful, must write them down.
Rans6.....