Re: How to see which SSID I'm connected to, or join one from a group of available SSIDs

Hello Kevin,

I had the same problem with oricono and hostap (DCF-660W), but the
solution given at http://wiki.openzaurus.org/FAQ#WiFi_related_questions
works just fine.

Philipp

Am Dienstag, den 02.01.2007, 17:39 -0500 schrieb Kevin:
> Tom wrote:
> > Kevin wrote:
> >> Hi List-
> >>
> >> Well, I have the Ambicom WL1100C-CF now, and it works like a charm. 
> >> Thanks
> >> for the recommendation, Justin.
> >>
> >> One question for the list, though: how do I learn which wireless
> >> network I'm
> >> connected to?  I can, of course, see my IP address assigned by DHCP, but
> >> I've look everywhere (it seems) for the SSID I'm connected to, or for
> >> a way
> >> to scan the air for available SSID's and join one in particular.
> > if your feeling like doing it the old fassioned way:
> > iwconfig is your baby
> 
> Doh!  Of course!  I guess I should have known that.  Although I was
> expecting something in Opie.  But iwconfig is fine, too.
> 
> > 
> > iwconfig eth0/wlan0 (note its MUCH better to use the hostap Driver for a
> > Prismm II card.) mine loads the orinoco driver by default. If your using
> > an orinoco it will be eth0 or wlan0 for hostap. Hostap does more stuff.
> > To check its hostap use:
> > hostap_diag wlan0
> 
> Thanks for your reply, Tom.  It seems that mine loads the orinoco driver by
> default too, but I also see hostap modules in the kernel after inserting the
> card:
> 
> Module                  Size  Used by
> hostap_cs              56596  0
> hostap                112804  1 hostap_cs
> ieee80211_crypt         5056  1 hostap
> orinoco_cs             14884  2
> orinoco                40180  1 orinoco_cs
> hermes                  6336  2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
> 
> when I do hostap_diag wlan0, I get this:
> 
> ioctl[PRISM2_IOCTL_HOSTAPD]: No such device
> Could not communicate with the kernel driver.
> 
> How do I force the use of hostap when orinoco loads by default?
> 
> > 
> > should give you firmware version, note firmware above 5.6 does standared
> > mode WDS repeater, so you can make your Zaurus an access point repeater.
> > Oh its just me that wants to do that then. However 7.4 is needed for
> > WPA. Wpa suplicant ROCKS for wifi roaming. As you pop in all your
> > favourite encrypeted nets and tell it to priorotise them or look for
> > unecrypted. Ones I found a howto  on the net. Hostap on openzaurus
> > (thank god last time I had to recompile it) has firmware ram download
> > enabled so you can udate the firmware by temp ram download, any way I
> > digress. basic consol wifi:
> > 
> > iwlist scanning
> > scans all cells/aps in range. probably a good idea to pipe it to more:
> > iwlist scanning |more
> > 
> > to nail it to an ssid:
> > iwconfig wlan0 essid your-ssid-here
> > 
> > other good options
> > Set a wep key:
> > iwconfig wlan0 key fgkdfgkdfgds
> > 
> > Clear Wep Key:
> > iwconfig wlan0 key off
> > 
> > use any availble ssid:
> > 
> > iwconfig wlan0 essid any
> > 
> > lock to a specific accesspoint:
> > iwconfig wlan0 ap mac:of:ap:go:he:re
> > 
> > or you can use the utils in opie....
> > 
> > Tom PierToPier.net
> 
> Great!  Thanks for all the good info, Tom.  I just may try making my Zaurus
> into an access point repeater too!
> 
> -Kevin
> 
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