Return-path: Received: from mail-lb0-f172.google.com ([209.85.217.172]:49589 "EHLO mail-lb0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753845Ab3DWKOH (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:14:07 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f172.google.com with SMTP id u10so479864lbi.31 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:14:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2075657.YTpB93Bl1M@bentobox> References: <2075657.YTpB93Bl1M@bentobox> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:14:04 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20130423_121416_627722_775E1B6F) Subject: Re: How to find ESSID & signal strength From: Kai Hendry To: Schrober Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi there Schrober, On 23 April 2013 11:00, Schrober wrote: > "Do NOT screenscrape this tool, we don't consider its output stable." > Use nl80211 Could you give me a code sample how you would use this "nl80211" thing, from shell? Oh while I'm here. Is there no traditional /proc like interface proposal for wireless information? If not, why not? Many thanks,