iwlist

iwlist is used to display some additional information from a wireless network interface that is not displayed by iwconfig. The main argument is used to select a category of information, iwlist displays in detailed form all information related to this category, including information already shown by iwconfig.

Documentation

• man 8 'iwlist' [EN]

Syntax

iwlist INTERFACE SUBCOMMAND

Subcommands

freq[uency], channel

Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of defined channels.

NOTE:

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 mapping between frequencies displayed and channel numbers.

keys, enc[ryption]

List the encryption key sizes supported and display all the encryption keys available in the device.