diff -ur kwlaninfo-0.8.1/src/kwlaninfo.cpp kwlaninfo-0.8.1new/src/kwlaninfo.cpp
--- kwlaninfo-0.8.1/src/kwlaninfo.cpp	2004-02-29 19:42:00.000000000 +0100
+++ kwlaninfo-0.8.1new/src/kwlaninfo.cpp	2004-03-01 08:48:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -359,14 +359,25 @@
 	if ( (f = popen(IWCONFIG" "+QCString(if_dev.name),"r")) != NULL ) {
 		QStringList list = QStringList();
 		char *linebuf = (char*)malloc(255);
-		size_t n=255;
-		while ( getline(&linebuf,&n,f) != EOF  )
+		QString nick, essid;
+		size_t n = 255;
+
+		while ( getline(&linebuf,&n,f) != EOF )
 			list+=QStringList::split(QRegExp(" {2,}"),linebuf);
 		pclose(f);
-		strlcpy(if_dev.essid,list.grep("ESSID").first().section(":",1).remove("\""),sizeof(if_dev.essid));
-		strlcpy(if_dev.nick,list.grep("Nickname").first().section(":",1).remove("\""),sizeof(if_dev.nick));
+
+		if((essid = list.grep("ESSID").first().section(":",1).remove("\"")) && strlen(essid))
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.essid, essid, sizeof(if_dev.essid));
+		else
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.essid, i18n("Undefined"), sizeof(if_dev.essid));
+
+		if((nick = list.grep("Nickname").first().section(":",1).remove("\"")))
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.nick, nick, sizeof(if_dev.nick));
+		else
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.nick, i18n("Undefined"), sizeof(if_dev.nick));
+
 		strlcpy(if_dev.mode,list.grep("Mode").first().section(":",1),sizeof(if_dev.mode));
-		if_dev.freq=(list.grep("Frequency").first().remove(QRegExp("[^0-9]")).toInt());
+		if_dev.freq = (list.grep("Frequency").first().remove(QRegExp("[^0-9]")).toInt());
 		strlcpy(if_dev.bitrate,list.grep("Bit Rate").first().section(":",1),sizeof(if_dev.bitrate));
 		strlcpy(if_dev.ap,list.grep("Access Point").first().section(": ",1),sizeof(if_dev.ap));
 		return true;
@@ -406,13 +417,17 @@
 {
     	FILE *f = popen(IFCONFIG" "+QCString(if_dev.name),"r");
 	QStringList list = QStringList();
+	QString inet;
 	char *linebuf = (char*)malloc(255);
 	size_t n=255;
 	if ( f ) {
 		while ( getline(&linebuf,&n,f) != EOF  )
 			list+=QStringList::split(QRegExp(" {2,}"),linebuf);
 		pclose(f);
-		strlcpy(if_dev.ip,list.grep("inet ").first().section(":",1),sizeof(if_dev.ip));
+		if((inet = list.grep("inet ").first().section(":",1)))
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.ip, inet, sizeof(if_dev.ip));
+		else
+		  strlcpy(if_dev.ip, i18n("Undefined"), sizeof(if_dev.ip));
 	}
 }