[CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT

[Joseph Hesse]

Apparently my hardware is not sufficient.  When I run "iwlist scan" I get:

lo p5p1; Interface doesn't support scanning


On 02/20/2014 11:52 AM, Billy Crook wrote:
> there's the iwlist command.  I put together an awk script to columnate
> the data I cared about, and a cronjob that runs it analyzes it for
> things i care about (like neighbors using my same or similar network
> name, same frequencies, etc, and put it in a cronjob to log and email
> me anomalies.
>
> Works pretty well.  I can share my script and awk if helpful
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Tom Bishop <bishoptf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Hesse <joehesse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks.
>>> Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel,
>>> power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks?
>>> I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one.
>>> Thank you,
>>> Joe
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>> There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if
>> you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet.  Very nice and allows
>> you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi
>> Radar for linux but not nears as good.
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