iwlist

IWLIST(8)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 IWLIST(8)



NAME
       iwlist - Get wireless statistics from specific nodes

SYNOPSIS
       iwlist interface freq
       iwlist interface ap
       iwlist interface scan
       iwlist interface rate
       iwlist interface key
       iwlist interface power
       iwlist interface txpower
       iwlist interface retry
       iwlist --help
       iwlist --version

DESCRIPTION
       Iwlist  is used to display some large chunk of information from a wire-
       less network interface that is not displayed by iwconfig. This is typi-
       cally list of parameters.

PARAMETERS
       freq/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  map-
              ping between frequencies displayed and channel numbers.

       ap/accesspoint
              Give  the  list  of  Access  Points in range, and optionally the
              quality of link to them. This feature is obsolte and now  depre-
              cated  in  favor of scanning support (below), and it will disap-
              pear in the future.

       scan[ning]
              Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells  in  range,  and
              optionally a whole bunch of information about them (ESSID, Qual-
              ity, Frequency,  Mode...).  The  type  of  information  returned
              depend on what the card support.
              Triggering  scanning  is a priviledged operation (root only) and
              normal users can only read letf-over scan results.  By  default,
              the  way  scanning  is  done  (the  scope  of  the scan) will be
              impacted by the current setting of the driver. Also,  this  com-
              mand is supposed to take extra arguments to control the scanning
              behaviour, but this is currently not implemented.

       rate/bit[rate]
              List the bit-rates supported by the device.

       key/enc[ryption]
              List the encryption key sizes  supported  and  display  all  the
              encryption keys availables in the device.

       power  List  the  various  Power Management attributes and modes of the
              device.

       txpower
              List the various Transmit Power available on the device.

       retry  List the transmit retry limits and retry lifetime on the device.

       --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.

FILES
       /proc/net/wireless

SEE ALSO
       iwconfig(8), ifconfig(8), iwspy(8).  iwpriv(8).




net-tools                       31 October 1996                      IWLIST(8)