>>>>> "King" == King Beowulf <[email protected]> writes:
King> On 11/07/2014 11:29 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> Xubuntu 14.04.1, fresh install shortly after it was released. >> >> I know there are commands that can be used to scan for available >> wifi networks and to connect to them, but I can't remember what >> they are and my google fu is failing me. Can someone remind me? King> Why not use Network Manager or Wicd? Both are in the (X)Ubuntu King> repos and include applets in GMOME/Xfce/KDE to make scanning and King> connecting to wifi APs a one click affair. I can tell you that network-manager is slow to find new networks. I assume because it only does scans periodically. You can force a scan with "iw wlan0 scan" (assuming wlan0 is your wifi interface). -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
