iwlist - Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless
interface
iwlist [interface] scanning
iwlist [interface] frequency
iwlist [interface] rate
iwlist [interface] keys
iwlist [interface] power
iwlist [interface] txpower
iwlist [interface] retry
iwlist [interface] event
iwlist [interface] auth
iwlist [interface] wpakeys
iwlist [interface] genie
iwlist [interface] modulation
iwlist --help
iwlist --version
Iwlist is used to display some additional information from
a wireless network interface that is not displayed by iwconfig(8).
The main argument is used to select a category of information, iwlist
displays in detailed form all information related to this category,
including information already shown by iwconfig(8).
- scan[ning]
- Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells in range, and optionally a
whole bunch of information about them (ESSID, Quality, Frequency,
Mode...). The type of information returned depends on what the card
supports.
Triggering scanning is a privileged operation (root only) and normal
users can only read left-over scan results. By default, the way scanning
is done (the scope of the scan) is dependant on the card and card
settings.
This command takes optional arguments, however most drivers will ignore
those. The option essid is used to specify a scan on a specific
ESSID. With some card/driver, this enables to see hidden networks. The
option last does not trigger a scan and read left-over scan
results.
- freq[uency]/channel
- Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of
defined channels. Please note that usually the driver returns the total
number of channels and only the frequencies available in the present
locale, so there is no one-to-one mapping between frequencies displayed
and channel numbers.
- rate/bit[rate]
- List the bit-rates supported by the device.
- keys/enc[ryption]
- List the encryption key sizes supported and list all the encryption keys
set in the device.
- power
- List the various Power Management attributes and modes of the device.
- txpower
- List the various Transmit Powers available on the device.
- retry
- List the transmit retry limits and retry lifetime on the device.
- ap/accesspoint/peers
- Give the list of Access Points in range, and optionally the quality of
link to them. This feature is obsolete and now deprecated in favor
of scanning support (above), and most drivers don't support it.
Some drivers may use this command to return a specific list of Peers or
Access Points, such as the list of Peers associated/registered with the
card. See your driver documentation for details.
- event
- List the wireless events supported by the device.
- auth
- List the WPA authentication parameters currently set.
- wpa[keys]
- List all the WPA encryption keys set in the device.
- genie
- List the Generic Information Elements set in the device (used for WPA
support).
- modu[lation]
- List the modulations supported by the device and the modulations currently
enabled.
- --version
- Display the version of the tools, as well as the recommended and current
Wireless Extensions version for the tool and the various wireless
interfaces.
- --help
- Display short help message.