[kwlug disc.] detecting wireless

[John Van Ostrand]

On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 11:14 -0500, Oksana Goertzen wrote:
> In my neighbourhood someone has setup their wireless to operate on the
> same frequency as my home network.  I can see the other wireless
> network (and occasionally one other) if if I do a scan of available
> networks from a workstation.  We also have cordless phones in the
> house set up on a different channel than our wireless.  I'm trying a
> number of channels to see what's available in order to get our
> wireless working consistently.  How can I tell what's available?  I'm
> thinking someone else might also have cordless phones that are
> interfering with our signal. 

You could use the iwlist tool. This will show other networks, signal
strengths, etc. It will not show the cordless phones.

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