Re: wireless network detection/processing in net/gkrellm-wireless help needed

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> Basically, gkrellm-wireless identifies 802.11 interfaces, [...]
> [...] - it just looks at the interface name, and if it is wi%d then
> it is a wireless interface, otehrwise it is not ...  [what's better?]

> If anyone has time to look at this, that would be great, if not, a
> suggestion what approach to take would be appreciated, and I'll see
> if I can make it work.

When I ifconfig a wireless interface I see some things, such as SSID,
which aren't reported for non-wireless interfaces.

Perhaps starting with whatever logic ifconfig uses to decide whether to
print those would be a reasonable approach?

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