Tools for scanning/managing WiFi

[Chris Green]

On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 02:38:51PM +0100, robert rottermann wrote:
> On 02/08/2014 01:13 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> >Is there anything better than Network Manager for checking for WiFi
> >signals?
> >
> >Network Manager is fine for when I'm at home where the laptop and tablet
> >simply connect to the home router but as soon as there's any
> >difficulty deciding what to connect to it's pretty useless:-
> >
> >     There's no control over [re-]scanning so you can't move to
> >     different positions and request a re-scan to see if there are
> >     different WiFi signals and/or signal strength has changed.
> >
> >     The signal strength indication is no help in optimising the signal,
> >     one needs a more accurate level indicator to tell if moving this way
> >     or that improves the signal.
> >
> >     There's no indication of the type of encryption on signals which
> >     have encryption keys.  This is a real killer sometimes when somoene
> >     knows the password/key but not what *type* of key it is.  I had this
> >     problem at my wife's office recently.  Windows XP reports the
> >     encryption type so surely Linux should be able to.
> >
> >
> >Are there any tools specifically for scanning/characterising WiFi
> >signals and/or are there any replacements for Network Manager that make
> >handling WiFi connections easier?
> >
> >
> http://www.energie-cluster.ch/ecweb5/de/ecweb_site/@@company-listing-new
> 
Huh???

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Chris Green