[solved maybe] Re: wireless giving trouble in Ubuntu recently

[H.S.]

C Hamel wrote:

> Before I truck up to the office with the connection... I would appreciate it 
> if you could enlighten me:
> 
> What happens when/if I do not know the network name?  I know there is a tool 
> that searches but I cannot remember what it is, it has been so long I had to 
> use it --like more than year ago.

hmm .. can't help you with that, don't know about such a tool. I am not 
familiar with hidden essids, but perhaps you can try
$> iwlist eth0 scanning

and see if this gives a scan of the networks around you.

->HS