How to scan for wifi hotspots?
Jay Moore
jaymo at mail.bokler.com
Fri Dec 24 23:24:04 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 14:38, Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How does one get online via public wireless access points in cafés and
> so on an ad hoc basis? My laptop is running Core 2; iwconfig and
> system-config-network recognize the wireless card, but I don't know how
> to obtain the SSID and so forth at a given location. Mac and Win users
> seem to have software which automatically detects a hotspot and brings
> up a connection; is anything with comparable functionality available for
> Linux?
>
Try kismet:
http://www.kismetwireless.net/
Jay
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