On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 14:38, Colin Brace wrote: > Hi all, > > How does one get online via public wireless access points in cafés and > so on an ad hoc basis? My laptop is running Core 2; iwconfig and > system-config-network recognize the wireless card, but I don't know how > to obtain the SSID and so forth at a given location. Mac and Win users > seem to have software which automatically detects a hotspot and brings > up a connection; is anything with comparable functionality available for > Linux? > Try kismet: http://www.kismetwireless.net/ Jay
