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4 .TH IWLIST 8 "13 April 2006" "wireless-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
9 iwlist \- Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface
14 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] scanning"
16 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] frequency"
18 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] rate"
20 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] keys"
22 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] power"
24 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] txpower"
26 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] retry"
28 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] event"
30 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] auth"
32 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] wpakeys"
34 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] genie"
36 .BI "iwlist [" interface "] modulation"
40 .BI "iwlist --version"
46 is used to display some additional information from a wireless network
47 interface that is not displayed by
49 The main argument is used
50 to select a category of information,
52 displays in detailed form all information related to this category,
53 including information already shown by
61 Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells in range, and
62 optionally a whole bunch of information about them (ESSID, Quality,
63 Frequency, Mode...). The type of information returned depends on what
66 Triggering scanning is a privileged operation
68 only) and normal users can only read left-over scan results. By
69 default, the way scanning is done (the scope of the scan) is dependant
70 on the card and card settings.
72 This command takes optional arguments, however most drivers will ignore
75 is used to specify a scan on a specific ESSID. With some card/driver,
76 this enables to see hidden networks. The option
78 does not trigger a scan and read left-over scan results.
80 .BR freq [uency]/ channel
81 Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of
82 defined channels. Please note that usually the driver returns the
83 total number of channels and only the frequencies available in the
84 present locale, so there is no one-to-one mapping between frequencies
85 displayed and channel numbers.
88 List the bit-rates supported by the device.
90 .BR keys / enc [ryption]
91 List the encryption key sizes supported and list all the encryption
92 keys set in the device.
95 List the various Power Management attributes and modes of the device.
98 List the various Transmit Powers available on the device.
101 List the transmit retry limits and retry lifetime on the device.
103 .BR ap / accesspoint / peers
104 Give the list of Access Points in range, and optionally the quality of
105 link to them. This feature is
107 and now deprecated in favor of scanning support (above), and most
108 drivers don't support it.
110 Some drivers may use this command to return a specific list of Peers
111 or Access Points, such as the list of Peers associated/registered with
112 the card. See your driver documentation for details.
115 List the wireless events supported by the device.
118 List the WPA authentication parametes curently set.
121 List all the WPA encryption keys set in the device.
124 List the Generic Information Elements set in the device (used for WPA
128 List the modulations supported by the device and the modulations
132 Display the version of the tools, as well as the recommended and
133 current Wireless Extensions version for the tool and the various
137 Display short help message.
142 .I /proc/net/wireless