[Debian-eeepc-devel] Having problems with wifi on Debian EEE

[Michael Pobega]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:27:25AM -0700, Kevin H wrote:
> >
> >
> > auto ath0
> > iface ath0 inet dhcp
> > wireless-essid router linksys
> >
> >
> 
> Someone just replied to me with the solution.  I'm not very familiar with
> these configuration files so I feel silly to admit I just didn't think to
> replace "wireless-essid" with the essid of the wireless.  I thought ID is
> where the essid goes.
> 
> Anyways, just got a few more ruffles to iron out but so far I'm very happy
> with the system.  Can anyone point me to where I can "browse" wifi
> networks?  For instance, if I'm at Starbucks I'm not going to know their
> ESSID.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> *Kevin*

If you're interested in doing full daemonized/command line wifi, I can
help you with that; But unless you are I won't go into full detail.

Anyway, as for scanning for ESSIDs, I usually use 
`iwlist ath0 scan | less`