WiFi is working! now...

Forum: Networking
Topic: WiFi is working! now...
started by: dmizzel

Posted by dmizzel on Mar. 10 2006,00:17

I have only been given 1 choice in 2 locations. T-moblie at a cafe, and my home network at home. When I set up my card with iwconfig (located on the dsl control panel) I leave the essid blank (which is the same as "" right?) I get connected to the above mentioned wifi networks.

If there is any other wifi networks avaliable, will iwconfig display them and/or give me the option to connect to them (assuming they are open and not encrypted)?

Posted by larkl on Mar. 11 2006,13:11

I thnk you're going to need something additional like kismet.

Posted by nihil75 on Mar. 11 2006,14:18

try: iwlist wlan0 scan

it gives u a list of available essid's..

Posted by dmizzel on Mar. 11 2006,18:15

Exactly what I was looking for! Thanx.

Posted by doobit on Mar. 11 2006,19:17

That function is not implemented with Prism2. Does anyone know what is the equivalent?