From: roberto on
hello,
simple question:
is there anything suitable to check simply via command line if there
are any wireless networks in the area where the laptop is ?
and if they are encrypted, how much strong the signal is etc .

thank you !
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From: Klistvud on
Dne, 27. 07. 2010 19:39:10 je Aniruddha napisal(a):
> You can use:
>
> # iwlist scanning
>
>

Or, alternatively, airodump-ng.

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From: Aniruddha on
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Paul Cartwright <debian(a)pcartwright.com>wrote:

> # iwlist scanning
> -su: iwlist: command not found
> paulandcilla:/var/log# aptitude search iwlist
> paulandcilla:/var/log#
>
> what package is that in??
>
>
wireless-tools
From: roberto on
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Aniruddha <mailingdotlist(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Paul Cartwright <debian(a)pcartwright.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> # iwlist scanning
>> -su: iwlist: command not found
>> paulandcilla:/var/log# aptitude search iwlist
>> paulandcilla:/var/log#
>>
>> what package is that in??
>>
>
> wireless-tools

what about kismet ?

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From: Aniruddha on
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:16 PM, roberto <roberto03(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what package is that in??
>>>
>>
>> wireless-tools
>
> what about kismet ?
>
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> roberto
>

I don't have experience with kismet. Debian has a very simple settings
to configure wireless networks though:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch05.en.html#_the_basics_of_wireless_lan_interface


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