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How to not connect to just "ANY" access point ?

  • 24-10-2009 12:24PM
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,135 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Instead of creating a list of connections to all known free wifi hotspots, If I set the ESSID to ANY (uppercase) then it will try to connect to ANY open access point. Part of the WiFi standard and all that , or maybe I should say it will only connect to those with no password.

    But I don't want to connect to BitBuzz or similar that only provide DNS

    So can I say "ANY" except an exception list ?



    Yes I could probably script something with iwspy and grep for "FREE" and business names and stuff / exclude Belkin Default eircom* and netgear and linksys ZyXEL NTL* UPC* AND then check for connectivity and then create connections but was wondering if there was a easier way ?


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