[KLUG Members] multiple wireless networks

[Daniel Hedlund]

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