[TriLUG] iwlist scanning

[Scott Chilcote]

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> I've lost the post which mentioned this but someone
> suggested
> 
> iwlist eth0 scanning
> 
> which here gives
> 
> eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported
> 
> I've got an orinoco gold b, 2.6.12 kernel and I'm connected
> by wifi when I ran this command.
> 
> Should I have expected scanning not to work?
> 
> Thanks Joe
> 

Hi Joe,

I'm not a wireless expert...  But the default configuration on my 
notebook makes eth0 the wired LAN, which does not support scanning.
The wireless interface is eth1.  Have you tried "iwlist eth1 scan" ?

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Scott C.