How to scan for SSID?

coot1toadmail.com wrote:
> Quoting mobiru <jdebertgarlic.com>:
> 
>>iwlist doesn't know how to talk to prism cards.
>>
>>Perhaps you could ask someone what the ssid is?
> 
> 
> Sometimes that works, but sometimes it doesn't. 
Imagine going in to Joe's
> Coffee & Donuts and asking the part time clerk for
a large coffee, a glazed
> donut, and the name of the SSID for the free wireless.
:(
> 
> 
>>There is a scanner utility called kismet that will
work with wlan-ng
>>devices.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I also received off-list
reply indicating
> that Airsnort could do it.  It seems bizzare to have to
install hacking
> tools to do something so mundane as get a list of SSIDs
in the area,
> but if that is what it takes, what else can you do,
right?  It beats
> rebooting into Windows.
> 
> Mark S.
> 

Sure, Airsnort could do it but it is an active network
sniffer, while
kismet is a passive monitoring utility. Active sniffing
tends to be
regarded as hostile. WIth all the "hacker" hype
and computer paranoia it
helps to be discreet.

Well, I would expect the clerk--even the dishwasher or
janitor--to know
such things. Unfortunately too many people don't care about
much more
than their paycheck. "Y'do's whats y'gots to
do's".

BTW: found the site for kismet: www.kismetwireless.net

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