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Topic: Locating SID, when traveling to hot spots

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jpeters

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Posted: May 11 2006,00:27

Is there a command for getting the names of wireless networks currently active? Ndiswrapper does a good job of linking up with hotspots, providing I know what the name of the available SID is. Thanks

ZoOp

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Posted: May 11 2006,07:47

tip

iwconfig

in an xterm; it gives you the ESSID which is the name of your current network
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roberts

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Posted: May 11 2006,18:31

If you are lucky enought to have a card/driver that suports it:

iwlist wlan0 scan

If not, when I use Iwconfig from dsl control panel, I just leave the sid field blank and it connects right up.

jpeters

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Posted: May 12 2006,02:18

Thanks. I had an opportunity to use it today when attending a conference. Iwconfig worked nicely, and I was able to log on with the info. Iwlist shows everything available; very nice!!!

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