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



NNAAMMEE
       iwlist  - Get more detailed wireless information from
       a wireless inter‐ face

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       iiwwlliisstt _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e
       ssccaannnniinngg iiwwlliisstt
       _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e ffrreeqquueennccyy
       iiwwlliisstt _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e
       rraattee iiwwlliisstt
       _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e kkeeyy iiwwlliisstt
       _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e ppoowweerr
       iiwwlliisstt _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e
       ttxxppoowweerr iiwwlliisstt
       _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e rreettrryy
       iiwwlliisstt _i_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e
       eevveenntt iiwwlliisstt ----hheellpp
       iiwwlliisstt ----vveerrssiioonn

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       IIwwlliisstt is used to display some additional
       information from  a  wireless network interface that
       is not displayed by _i_w_c_o_n_f_i_g(8).
       The main argu‐ ment is used to select a category
       of information,  iiwwlliisstt  displays  in
       detailed  form  all  information  related  to  this
       category, including information already shown by
       _i_w_c_o_n_f_i_g(8).

PPAARRAAMMEETTEERRSS
       ssccaann[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 depends on what the card supports.
              Triggering  scanning  is  a privileged operation
              (_r_o_o_t only) and normal users can only
              read left-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.

       ffrreeqq[uency]/cchhaannnneell
              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.

       rraattee/bbiitt[rate]
              List the bit-rates supported by the device.

       kkeeyy/eenncc[ryption]
              List the encryption key sizes  supported  and
              display  all  the encryption keys available in
              the device.

       ppoowweerr  List  the  various  Power Management
       attributes and modes of the
              device.

       ttxxppoowweerr
              List the various Transmit Powers available on
              the device.

       rreettrryy  List the transmit retry limits and
       retry lifetime on the device.

       aapp/aacccceessssppooiinntt/ppeeeerrss
              Give the list of Access Points  in  range,  and
              optionally  the quality of link to them. This
              feature is oobbssoolleettee and now
              depre‐ cated 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  associ‐
              ated/registered with the card. See your driver
              documentation for details.

       eevveenntt  List the wireless events supported
       by the device.

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              Display the version of the tools, as well as
              the recommended and current Wireless Extensions
              version for the tool and the various wireless
              interfaces.

FFIILLEESS
       _/_p_r_o_c_/_n_e_t_/_w_i_r_e_l_e_s_s

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       iiwwccoonnffiigg(8), iiwwssppyy(8).
       iiwweevveenntt(8), iiwwpprriivv(8),
       wwiirreelleessss(7).




wireless-tools                   23 June 2004
IWLIST(8)
