Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:24:02 +0200 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+fbsdm@pelleg.org> To: rafege@mail.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WiFi Access Point Discovery Tools ? Message-ID: <u2sr7la9qgd.fsf@pelleg.org> In-Reply-To: <41D02B8A.nailF913QOR3C@mail.com> (Gary E. RAFE's message of "Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:34:34 -0500") References: <41CF9DB0.nailF1W1WJMAN@mail.com> <41CF9FE1.9050207@math.missouri.edu> <41D02B8A.nailF913QOR3C@mail.com>
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rafege@mail.com (Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D.) writes: > !Have you tried > ! > !wicontrol wi0 -l > > Sorry about the earlier note -- the coffee hadn't kicked in yet... > > wicontrol wi0 -l > > for either card reports "0 stations" > with one powered & sitting less than 4 meters away. > [...] > So, what's up with access point discovery in 5.3-R ? It definitely works for me, using either a builtin mini-PCI (intel card using ipw) or PCCARD (lucent or US-robotics cards using wi). Further, I hardly ever need to do that manually since dhclient usually just DTRT for me (see the archives of this list for the terms: "media ssid dhclient.conf" once you get to this point). I've had it work on campus, at home, various coffeeshops, and at airports, including one where the DHCP servers gave you bad IP and DNS information and you had to manually configure things just to be able to see the auto-redirected web login page. But in all cases it found the access point alright, sometimes even picking up and preferring one of my neighbors', who seems to have installed a super-duper megawatt fry-a-lot antenna for his. -- Dan Pelleg
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