= wifi-scan
Friendly front-end to iwlist for wireless network scanning & troubleshooting.
== In action
$ wifi-scan -k channel +------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+ | cell | channel | frequency | quality | essid | +------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+ | 14 | 1 | 2.412 | 44 | SNewSt2R | | 7 | 6 | 2.437 | 41 | MOTOROLA-Cxxx4 | | 8 | 6 | 2.437 | 44 | SomeCleverWiFiName | | 2 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | mytroubledwifi | | 3 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | dejaloya | | 9 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | | | 10 | 11 | 2.462 | 88 | The Jam 2.4G | | 1 | 36 | 5.18 | 100 | mytroubledwifi-5GHz | | 6 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | DIRECT-C1-HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 | | 11 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | | | 12 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | yoyoyo | | 13 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | XFINITY | | 15 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | Lindsey | | 4 | 48 | 5.24 | 72 | The Jam 5G | | 5 | 153 | 5.765 | 44 | xfinitywifi | | 16 | 153 | 5.765 | 44 | thisnetworkisalsohere | +------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+
== Install
Using Python v3.8 (or better):
As an alternative consider https://pipxproject.github.io/pipx/installation/[pipx]:
FAQs
Scan & report on visible access points (iwlist scan).
We found that wifi-scan demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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