ipw2200 network detection?

[vontez]

Is there a tool out there that I can use to detect any wireless networks picked up by my ipw2200? I've tried out Kismet and a couple of others, but none of the programs that I have tried have been compatible with the ipw2200. I'm not interested in packet sniffing or WEP cracking or anything like that, I just want to be able to search for any available SSIDs.

I'm running Gentoo with a 2.6.10 kernel and KDE 3.3. Command-line or GUI, just as long as it works.

[JayMan8081]

Try using the command iwlist wlan0 scan and see if that returns any APs. I might have the syntax backwards but that command should work with any properly configured wireless interface.

[psych-major]

Originally posted by JayMan8081
Try using the command iwlist wlan0 scan and see if that returns any APs. I might have the syntax backwards but that command should work with any properly configured wireless interface.

Syntax is correct, but your device might be eth0 or eth1, depending on what method you used to get it running.

either ifconfig or iwconfig with no options should show you the name of the interface, then iwlist will work as described by JayMan

[Icarus]

Originally posted by vontez
I'm not interested in packet sniffing or WEP cracking or anything like that Good because currently the ipw2200 doesn't support such functions.

iwlist eth1 scan

will list all available APs and their status

[vontez]

Cool, that worked. I guess I should've read up more on the wireless-tools package. Thanks for the help!