how to find wireless networks?

[Steve Howell]

That appears to be what I was looking for:

sudo apt-get install wifi-radar
sudo wifi-radar


Thanks!



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From: Pastor JW <pastor_jw at the-inner-circle.org>

On Tuesday 22 December 2009 10:01:14 am Steve Howell wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to set up wireless networking for Ubuntu 9.04 on an HP
> Pavilion dv6-1053cl Entertainment Notebook PC.
>
> Is there a tool that I can install that will help automate the process of
> finding nearby wireless networks? [...]

Your network manager should eventually find all available wireless networks in 
your area but I found it much faster to use WiFi-radar available in the 
universe repository at least for 8.04.  Right clicking the network manager 
icon after you machine has run awhile will likely show you the area wireless 
networks also but can take quit a bit of time to accumulate them.  
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