wireless internet

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 08:37:00PM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
> > dan ritter wrote:
> > Your sister's ESSID is not being broadcast. Get it from her
> > computer, then apply it by hand.
> 
> i did.  stuck it in /etc/network/interfaces, ran
> /etc/init.d/networking restart, and failed to connect.
> 
> also tried the NetworkManager gui, and had no better
> success.
> 
> > In situations where you don't have access to such an assistant,
> > a wireless sniffer can help.
> 
> how do i get one of those?


http://www.kismetwireless.net/ is the usual one.

Links at http://tuxmobil.org/linux_wireless_sniffer.html may be
of use, too.

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