iwinfo – provides wifi information about capabilities and network(s)

iwinfo is a command line program that shows information about existing wireless connections along with the result of an optional scan for wireless devices. Scan is turned on using -s option.

Scanning wireless networks requires elevated privileges, which means either by running as root or by being provided with the required cap_net_xxx capabilities. Scanning is only permitted to users who are members of wheel group.

This package provides the application, written in python, along with a small C-program which is installed with cap_net_raw and cap_net_admin and it provides the capabilities for the program to be run non-root.

Since this does add some level of risk, scanning is limited to root and members of the wheel group only.

Some additional information is gathered using iwctl when iwd is running. These are the ip address, security mode (e.g. WPA2), and transmission type (e.g. 802.11ax). These require either root or membership in network or wheel groups.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Shows local wireless device(s) and connection info.
• Show summary of wireless hardware capabilities
• Scans wireless network(s) and provides compact report

Website: github.com/gene-git/iwinfo
Support:
Developer: Gene C
License: MIT License

iwinfo is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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