Question about wireless networks programming

[jellystones]

Im not sure if I came to the right place, so if not plz point me in the correct direction.


Want I want to do is write a script or perhaps some C code that continuously checks to see if my laptops can see each other wirelessly (a direct connection i.e no routers), and if so, to automatically establish a connection.

Any help is appreciated.

[jellystones]

Ok so I did some more research, and I *think* I can solve my problem simply by using scripts.

For example one way I could do this is constantly execute "iwlist eth1 scan" and parse the output until I see a network.

Anyway this solution seems a little primitive at best, and was wondering if there is a better way to go about it.