How to scan for wifi hotspots?

[Travis Fraser]

On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 23:37, rab at nauticom.net wrote:

> lspci doesn't seem to show the card:
> 
> $ /sbin/lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01)
> 00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3584 (rev 01)
> 00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 3585 (rev 01)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Chipset
> Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Chipset Integrated
> Graphics Device (rev 01)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 83)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24cc (rev 03)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 24ca (rev 03)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 03)
> 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Modem (rev 03)
> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet
> Controller (rev 83)
> 01:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC95 PCI to
> Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 33)
> 
> But the hardware browser shows "Intersil PRISM2 11Mbps Wireless Adaptor."
> The driver is orinoco_cs.
> 
What version of the orinoco driver are you using? The version that comes
with 2.6.8 kernels needed to be patched to support scanning, if I recall
correctly.

Travis Fraser