Scanning for wireless networks inside the RT unit.

[RussellInCincinnati]

how could you possibly have done something that slick, so quickly

It will report 5 GHz APs so long you do have 5 GHz wireless enabled on your router.

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Wow, that is great.

Now if only you could have...OK, just KIDDING. Am feeling a bit guilty about how quickly you've responded to this idea. You've just eliminated the need for me to carry around yet another computing device (that after all would at best never really "see" the wireless environment the way the router "sees" it), to do a only perhaps-relevant scan of potentially conflicting networks.

Of course all the other really *good* routers also show us some kind of little symbol for how *busy* each existing network is, not just its radio strength--and include voice recognition as well.

 

[RussellInCincinnati]

fastest way from windows PC is

from the command line use

telnet <router ip>

login using admin login

then type the commands

Did not realize it was so ridiculously easy to get to a sort of linux prompt on the router, thanks much.

 

[RMerlin]

Am feeling a bit guilty about how quickly you've responded to this idea. You've just eliminated the need for me to carry around yet another computing device (that after all would at best never really "see" the wireless environment the way the router "sees" it), to do a only perhaps-relevant scan of potentially conflicting networks.

Actually this is something I had started working on a few weeks ago, but had left unfinished at the time because I was busy with other things. Since I was waiting for newer drivers to appear I figured I might as well finish this.

 

[henrikk]

Actually this is something I had started working on a few weeks ago, but had left unfinished at the time because I was busy with other things. Since I was waiting for newer drivers to appear I figured I might as well finish this.

Are you doing an active or passive scan? If this is an active scan, please consider implementing passive scan functionality as well. I see a lot more networks in my vicinity when I do a passive scan.

- Henrik

 

[RMerlin]

Are you doing an active or passive scan? If this is an active scan, please consider implementing passive scan functionality as well. I see a lot more networks in my vicinity when I do a passive scan.

- Henrik

If I remember correctly (I can't check right now) it's an active scan. I reused the scanning code that Asus had implemented in the firmware for repeater support.

Not sure I can implement a passive scan, as I don't have the required technical documentation to know how to.

 

[ryzhov_al]

Are you doing an active or passive scan?

AFAIK, active. Please see:

wl --help

for more details. Looks like Broadcom driver is able to do passive scan too.

 

[RMerlin]

AFAIK, active. Please see:

wl --help

for more details. Looks like Broadcom driver is able to do passive scan too.

I don't use the wl tool for scanning, but interface directly through ioctl.

 

[henrikk]

I don't use the wl tool for scanning, but interface directly through ioctl.

Fair enough, but the wl command (as mentioned) does permit passive scans. I have been using them. I'll take what i can get

Thanks,
- Henrik