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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >