Tim wrote: > You want to look for software to play with the wireless interface on > your computer, not the router, so *it* scans to see what's around. of this i am aware, and if i had a wireless card, i would use it for scans. i inherited an smc smcwpci-g, which is atheros based, but i am too much of a linux purist to put ms drivers and wrappers in system to use it. when funds build, i will get a wireless card that does not need a wrapper to install it. for now, i am staying with secure hardwire. > It's a pity that the bar graphs that NetworkManager shows you for different > access points doesn't also tell you what channel they use. have faith. networkmanager is a 'dirty diaper' and in time, soon i hope, it will get to where it needs to be. right now, they have too much else to get straightened out before they get the 'bells' ringing. > My access point is supposed to have an auto scanning feature to pick the > best free channel. It doesn't, it picks the worst... what are you using? -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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