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mauricesvay / node-wifiscanner

Scan surrounding WiFi access points with NodeJS
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iwlist only shows complete results when run as root #2

Closed xkxx closed 11 years ago

xkxx commented 11 years ago

In Ubuntu 12.10, node scanner.js only lists the currently active wifi hotspot, while sudo node scanner.js gives a complete list. Under fedora 18 evoking iwlist only gives you permission denied.

We should add a note on Readme.md about this.

mauricesvay commented 11 years ago

iwlist output also highly depends on the wifi card driver.

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In Ubuntu 12.10, node scanner.js only lists the currently active wifi hotspot, while sudo node scanner.js gives a complete list. Under fedora 18 evoking iwlist only gives you permission denied.

We should add a note on Readme.md about this.

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xkxx commented 11 years ago

Yes, that is true, but iwlist scan requiring root is almost universal on linux distros (I think?) which is the reason node-wireless too requires it. Better to keep this issue documented I guess.

mauricesvay commented 11 years ago

The README file has been updated.