[Tfug] Urgent: need to ID some Network Manager icons - STAT!

[Bowie J. Poag]

Type this at your shell prompt exactly as you see it:

while true
do
sudo iwlist wlan0 scanning | grep Qual
sleep 1
done


Now, pick up your laptop and walk around, and find the direction where the signal level is highest. The signal level will update once per second.



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On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Mathias Gibbens <mathias at calenhad.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 18:47 -0700, Jim March wrote:
>> Disconnecting from my cellphone helped - can anyone help translate this below?
>> 
>> IF those are in fact ad-hoc, that's potentially bad.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> jim at jim-blackthing:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scanning
>> [sudo] password for jim:
>> wlan0     Scan completed :
>>          Cell 01 - Address: 7C:61:93:39:1C:FD
>>                    Channel:6
>>                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
>>                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=-22 dBm
>>                    Encryption key:on
>>                    ESSID:"PrettyFlyForAWiFi"
>>                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>>                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>>                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
>>                    Mode:Master
>>                    Extra:tsf=0000000074d2419a
>>                    Extra: Last beacon: 1640ms ago
>>                    IE: Unknown: 0011507265747479466C79466F724157694669
>>                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
>>                    IE: Unknown: 030106
>>                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
>>                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
>>                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
>>                        Group Cipher : CCMP
>>                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
>>                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>>                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
>>                    IE: Unknown: DD09001018020000040000
>>                    IE: Unknown:
>> DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
>>          Cell 02 - Address: 6E:4B:8D:A4:25:B0
>>                    Channel:1
>>                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
>>                    Quality=33/70  Signal level=-77 dBm
>>                    Encryption key:off
>>                    ESSID:"HPC4380E"
>>                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
>>                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
>>                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>>                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
>>                    Extra:tsf=000005d623777027
>>                    Extra: Last beacon: 1716ms ago
>>                    IE: Unknown: 00084850433433383045
>>                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
>>                    IE: Unknown: 030101
>>                    IE: Unknown: 06020000
>>                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B14
>>                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
>>                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
>>          Cell 03 - Address: 02:2A:8A:03:0E:01
>>                    Channel:10
>>                    Frequency:2.457 GHz (Channel 10)
>>                    Quality=37/70  Signal level=-73 dBm
>>                    Encryption key:off
>>                    ESSID:"HPC4788C"
>>                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
>>                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
>>                    Extra:tsf=000008a343e9d409
>>                    Extra: Last beacon: 1600ms ago
>>                    IE: Unknown: 00084850433437383843
>>                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
>>                    IE: Unknown: 03010A
>>                    IE: Unknown: 06020000
>>                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B14
>> 
>> jim at jim-blackthing:~$
>> 
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> 
> Both HPC networks are showing up as ad-hoc (the "Mode:Ad-Hoc" line in
> the output) and are not using encryption ("Encryption key:off"). The
> signal quality is also low, which is may be why you are unable to
> connect to them.
> 
> I've seen XP remember networks and subsequently rebroadcast them as
> ad-hoc when I worked at a help desk. Here's a page from OSU about it:
> <http://8help.osu.edu/3655.html>.
> 
> I'd second the suggestion to try walking around and pinpointing the
> location of the devices. Not knowing what kind of building you're in,
> they might be in another area / floor / room, or even a different
> building next door.
> 
> Mathias
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