[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Graphical Hotspot utility?

[From: Samuel Ortiz]

Hi,

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, ext Florian Boor wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Bob Dunlop wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:56:05AM -0400, Peter Heitman wrote:
> >
> >>Sorry for having to ask, but since I don't have a 770 yet...   Can I
> >>assume that the 770 comes with a nice graphical utility for discovering
> >>hotspots and for managing wifi profiles? (if not I'll work on porting
> >>one but don't want to start if it already exists).
> >
> >
> > You'd need to put the 802.11 interface into monitor mode for at least
> > the discovery part of this won't you ?  Unfortunatly the necessary
> > information on the chipset or a suitable software interface has not
> > been made available yet :(
You don't need to enter monitor mode for scanning networks.


> that's not really correct - the interface supports passive scanning which does
> provides some basic data about available networks but no detailed information
> and data like monitor mode.
The Nokia 770 WLAN chip supports active scanning as well, of course.

Cheers,
Samuel.