Quoting Steven Sciame (sasciame@yahoo.com):
> Ok,
>
> I figured out where to typ the iwlist eth1 scan
>
> It told me interface doesn't support scanning
Of course, eth1 should be replaced by the interface name of your
wireless card.
When you use Knoppix, you can probably do "dmesg|more" to display all
boot messages. Then search for the moment your wireless card is
detected, it should also show the device name.
For example, for my laptop:
[ 33.184502] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 33.184624] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
[ 33.184829] ipw2200 0000:02:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 33.185108] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[ 33.185287] eth0 (ipw2200): not using net_device_ops yet
[ 33.185374] ipw2200 0000:02:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
[ 33.330266] ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
[ 33.331470] udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
My wireless card wad detected and named "eth0". Then "udev" renamed it
to eth1.
If I use "iwlist eth1 scan", then I get:
root@mykerinos:~# iwlist weth_i scan
weth_i Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0E:A6:A1:3D:DB
ESSID:"amenophis"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=35/100 Signal level=-49 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 56ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 86:95:3F:28:F9:7D
ESSID:""
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=92/100 Signal level=-36 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 84ms ago
Cell 03 - Address: 86:95:3F:28:F9:7E
ESSID:""
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=91/100 Signal level=-37 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 80ms ago
Cell 04 - Address: 00:16:41:F1:6C:D3
ESSID:"Livebox-c71e"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=35/100 Signal level=-79 dBm
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 16ms ago
As you see it shows 4 wireless networks...some being those of my
neighbours..:-)
Mine is the one with "amenophis" as ESSID, so I would use "amenophis"
when prompted for ESSID in Debian Installer.
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