> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 06:31:11PM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
> >
> > currently i'm visitin my sister in issaquah, wa, in a
> > retirement community, with wireless access essid bwood.
> >
> > my sister's computer shows good wireless signal strenghth.
> > on mine, iwlist shows no scan results, and of course i'm
> > unable to connect.

> 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?

thanks,
ole dan

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