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Hi all, |
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I haven't used built-in wireless on Linux in years but come |
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Thursday I'll likely have to spend 12 or more hours waiting around in |
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a hospital so I'm making an attempt to get it working. |
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Can someone point me at instructions oriented toward sitting down |
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in a place like Starbucks on a public network and gaining basic |
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connectivity? Everything I'm finding is based on running a properly |
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secure network which I suspect isn't what one uses in a public place. |
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Am I correct in this? |
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The hardware is Atheros: |
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slinky ~ # lspci | grep Atheros |
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03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 |
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Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) |
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slinky ~ # |
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so I'm building into my kernel anything that looks reasonably likely |
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to be used. I didn't find anything for this specific chip though. |
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What sort of apps are available to discover a public network ESSID? |
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Something GUI based would be appreciated if it's in portage. |
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Thanks in advance for any help. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |