network-admin in edgy lost some functionality
Bug #69511 reported by
pbeeson
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #59159: network-admin doesn't scan for networks [regression].
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Bug Description
In dapper, network-admin used to be able to show the local wirless AP that were broadcasting their SSIDs. In edgy, this is no longer functioning. So, you have to know ap riori what SSIDs are available, or you have to go use some consol command to look for broadcasting APs.
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GNOME rewrote the network-admin functionality during the latest release and didn't replicate some of the functionality; namely ESSID and PPP auto-detection.
You can use the 'iwlist' command to list wireless settings and networks from the command line; eg:
/sbin/iwlist eth1 scan
ESSID: "Livebox- 8838"
Protocol: IEEE 802.11bg
Mode: Master
. ...
Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:CF:01:0D:4C