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

[C Hamel]

On Thursday 19 October 2006 13:35, H.S. wrote:
> 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
Wilco.  I'll give that a try.  Used to have a batch file I created that did 
all that.  Dumped it w/the last distro, apparently. :-(  Will give this a 
try, this afternoon, sometime. Will get back to you on results.  Thnx!
-- 
	...CH
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