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Subject: Re: CLI scan tool needed
To: Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com>
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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.