CLI scan tool needed

CLI scan tool needed

[Michael McElroy]

I've done a lot of searching before posting but can't seem to find the answer.

Using the backports project, I have one of the latest ralink driver
going on an arm processor running 2.6.29 along with all nl80211 parts.
Works great, thank you! The last piece I need is to get the to SSID
list, their security protocols, and signal strength. I'm looking for
output similar to 'wilist scanning'. 'iw scan' gives a lot of info but
not quite what I need without a lot of massaging.
GUI based utilities won't work for my environment.Can anyone give me
some suggestions where to look?

Thanks,

Mike

Re: CLI scan tool needed

[Krishna Chaitanya]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using the backports project, I have one of the latest ralink driver
> going on an arm processor running 2.6.29 along with all nl80211 parts.
> Works great, thank you! The last piece I need is to get the to SSID
> list, their security protocols, and signal strength. I'm looking for
> output similar to 'wilist scanning'. 'iw scan' gives a lot of info but
> not quite what I need without a lot of massaging.

"wpa_cli -i <interface> scan"
this should give you the required info, if you are already running the
wpa_supplicant.

Re: CLI scan tool needed

[Michael McElroy]

Thanks Krishna, but all it returns is OK. Running the version 2.0 of
wpa_supplicant.


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
<chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Using the backports project, I have one of the latest ralink driver
>> going on an arm processor running 2.6.29 along with all nl80211 parts.
>> Works great, thank you! The last piece I need is to get the to SSID
>> list, their security protocols, and signal strength. I'm looking for
>> output similar to 'wilist scanning'. 'iw scan' gives a lot of info but
>> not quite what I need without a lot of massaging.
>
> "wpa_cli -i <interface> scan"
> this should give you the required info, if you are already running the
> wpa_supplicant.

Re: CLI scan tool needed

[Michael McElroy]

Got it. Had to do a scan_results after the scan.

Thank you.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Krishna, but all it returns is OK. Running the version 2.0 of
> wpa_supplicant.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
> <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Using the backports project, I have one of the latest ralink driver
>>> going on an arm processor running 2.6.29 along with all nl80211 parts.
>>> Works great, thank you! The last piece I need is to get the to SSID
>>> list, their security protocols, and signal strength. I'm looking for
>>> output similar to 'wilist scanning'. 'iw scan' gives a lot of info but
>>> not quite what I need without a lot of massaging.
>>
>> "wpa_cli -i <interface> scan"
>> this should give you the required info, if you are already running the
>> wpa_supplicant.

Re: CLI scan tool needed

[Thomas Klute]

Am 31.07.2013 22:51, schrieb Michael McElroy:
> Thanks Krishna, but all it returns is OK. Running the version 2.0 of
> wpa_supplicant.

I think the command you want is "scan_results" instead of "scan", so
"wpa_cli -i <interface> scan_results" over all. ;-)

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
> <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Using the backports project, I have one of the latest ralink driver
>>> going on an arm processor running 2.6.29 along with all nl80211 parts.
>>> Works great, thank you! The last piece I need is to get the to SSID
>>> list, their security protocols, and signal strength. I'm looking for
>>> output similar to 'wilist scanning'. 'iw scan' gives a lot of info but
>>> not quite what I need without a lot of massaging.
>>
>> "wpa_cli -i <interface> scan"
>> this should give you the required info, if you are already running the
>> wpa_supplicant.
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