[KLUG Members] multiple wireless networks

[Eric Beversluis]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 12:31 -0700, Daniel Hedlund wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > When there are multiple wireless networks available (e.g. in an
> > apartment building), how do I see in Linux what they are and choose
> > which one I want to use?  Windows has a little icon that lets you see
> > available networks. I haven't found anything like that in Fedora Core 4
> > with Gnome. Presumably there's a command line procedure to get that
> > information.
> 
> Assuming you've got your wireless card up and working, you should be 
> able to use some commands similar to the following to get you started:
> 
> $> iwconfig
> $> iwlist scanning # scans for available access points
> $> man iwlist
> $> man iwpriv
> $> man iwspy
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Daniel Hedlund
> daniel at digitree.org

This doesn't seem to do it. I get this result (where eth1 is the
wireless interface):
[root at sonyc ~]# iwlist scanning
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

sit0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported

EB

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