On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 19:09, Faye Pearson wrote: > If you look at the source code for iwgetid (google iwgetid.c and click > on the version number in the CVS link that comes up) then you'll find > some sample pseudo code for using it to detect the nearest accesspoint. > > I've modified gentoo's scripts to use it and it works well. > > Basically you just initialise the card as normal for Managed use, bring > the interface up without an IP address, wait for it to sync, then call > iwgetid -s $DEVICE > > Then you ifconfig $DEVICE down and do the setup as normal.
Thanks for the tip. Have you tried "iwlist scan"? That's what I'm using now. -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
