How to scan for wifi hotspots?

[rab at nauticom.net]

> 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
>
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I mentioned in a previous posting that I could not get FC2 to install on
my laptop (due to a problem with the pcmcia slot) so I had to re-install
RH9. I'm still using a 2.4 kernel. I'm afraid to try to install FC3. It's
a lot of work to have to re-install RH9 after FC3 (likely) fails to handle
the pcmcia slot.

Rick B.