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Old 12-14-2004, 12:04 PM   #1
alime
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Question WIFI scanner for fedora?

after getting my wireless card to work under fedora *happy.
My next goal is to find a program that will scan for wifi networks. I dont see any that came with my fedora install. anybody ever use one or know of one that works well with fedora.
Thanks "A"
 
Old 12-14-2004, 12:10 PM   #2
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kwifimanager does this graphically
iwlist wlan0 scan does this for me, with wlan0 being my wifi card. change it to whatever suites your needs.
 
Old 12-14-2004, 12:19 PM   #3
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Hi.

Kismet (www.kismetwireless.net) is easily the best tool, as long as your card can go into rfmon mode. If not, FLOODS's suggestions are spot on.

Dave
 
Old 12-14-2004, 01:06 PM   #4
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awesome thanks guys
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