Re: How to see which SSID I'm con nected to, or join one from a group of availabl e SSIDs

Hey, I am having no luck getting to wiki.openzaurus.org.

Best Regards, Allen


On Wednesday 03 January 2007 04:26, Philipp Sieweck wrote:
> 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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