Re: How to scan for SSID?

Quoting mobiru <[email protected]>:
> iwlist doesn't know how to talk to prism cards.
> 
> Perhaps you could ask someone what the ssid is?

Sometimes that works, but sometimes it doesn't.  Imagine going in to Joe's
Coffee & Donuts and asking the part time clerk for a large coffee, a glazed
donut, and the name of the SSID for the free wireless. :(

> There is a scanner utility called kismet that will work with wlan-ng
> devices.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I also received off-list reply indicating
that Airsnort could do it.  It seems bizzare to have to install hacking
tools to do something so mundane as get a list of SSIDs in the area,
but if that is what it takes, what else can you do, right?  It beats
rebooting into Windows.

Mark S.