[Gllug] Browsing WiFi networks on Linux

[Tom Haddon]

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 11:05 +0100, Christopher Mocock wrote:
> John Winters wrote:
> > I've just been experimenting with setting up wireless networking on a
> > couple of Linux boxes.  It seems fairly straightforward, but I miss one
> > facility from Windows.  There one can browse available WiFi networks and
> > choose which one to connect to, but I haven't yet found an equivalent in
> > Linux.  Is there such an application?
> >
> > TIA,
> > John
> >
> >   
> I tend to use "iwlist scan" to display a list of available networks and 
> their parameters (e.g. Channel, Mode) but I make all the settings using 
> system-config-network in Gnome, although I believe you can use the 
> iwconfig command to configure all your wireless settings.

There's also Network Manager (depending on if your wireless card
supports the features...):

http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
> 
> -- 
> Chris Mocock
> Systems Engineer
> Wavelet Technology Ltd.
> 
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