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Subject: Re: CLI scan tool needed
From: Michael McElroy <mikem388@gmail.com>
To: Krishna Chaitanya <chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com>
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Thanks Krishna, but all it returns is OK. Running the version 2.0 of
wpa_supplicant.


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
<chaitanya.mgit@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.