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iwconfig is a tool used to configure wireless network interfaces on Linux systems. Make sure that your question is not better suited for Super User (superuser.com).

iwconfig is a tool used to configure wireless network interfaces on Linux systems.

Questions about using iwconfig to configure wireless networking are generally considered off-topic on Stack Overflow; these questions are better suited for Super User. Appropriate questions about iwconfig on Stack Overflow will typically involve the development of this tool, or of tools that interact with it.

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[Android]Determine the transmit power of a wifi tethered device without rooting the phone

I need to determine the transmit power value of a a tethered wifi network in ad-hoc mode. The current wifi tether applications in Android are mainly using iwconfig to configure the tethering which is an unofficial API. Using this API it is…
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Trying to connect to a wifi network with a list of simple passwords with python

I have writen a script in python to attempt to connect to a defined wifi network with a list of simple passwords. import wifimangement_linux as wifi import os wifiname = input("Enter Wifi SSID: ") print("Wifi not stored, testing…
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Can't regain static ip after losing connection

I'm using the networking module to control my network over ubuntu 16, with this wifi driver: https://github.com/morrownr/88x2bu-20210702 I configured static IP using the /etc/network/interfaces file. The computer is installed on a moving robot so…
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Unable to pass string from read_line to Command arg

I have the following rust routine which executes fine: use std::process::Command; fn main() { let out = Command::new("iwconfig") .arg("wlan0") .output() .expect("Failed to execute 'iwconfig'"); println!("status:\n…
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How to connect my device to wifi with libnl?

I'm creating a C library that manage a lot of pheripherical of my embedded device. The S.O. used, is a linux dristro compiled with yocto. I'm trying to make some functions to connect my device to a wifi (well-know) router, with netlink (using the…
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Is there a way to use os.system in a for?

I've made a bash script which aims to print information like IP, MAC address, signal strength and device name about a device when it's connected to a hotspot. I want to use python instead so I'm rewriting it. When I execute the code it only prints…
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configure network device with wireless extensions

I need to configure a network device in C on a linux host for an application. I read up on netlink, libnl and nl80211 which goes through cfg80211 and mac80211. I found out later that the driver for the device I am using does not support the mac80211…
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Name not unique on network error while adding virtual interface

I am trying to add an virtual interface type AP for my TP-Link TL-WN722N on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Below is the command I used vinay245@vinay245:~$sudo iw dev wlx60e327078eed interface add wlan0_ap type __ap There are no issues which creating this I…
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wpa_supplicant / wpa_cli not able to detect wrong key of access point

I am developing a handheld device based on IMX233 running embedded linux and is using Unifi CSR6026 for connecting to the WiFi networks. I have got the basic WiFi connectivity running using the wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli utilities. But i'm not able…
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Linux -OpenWrt- (Unwired One) python wlan interface scan error

The thing I am trying to achive, I want my android app to get a list of all available wlan connections within the range of a device with a wlan (at that point the device is an access point). Then I want to tell that device to which network to…
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Storing printed data into variables

I have this code below that prints out the Link Quality & Signal Level of WiFi connection. I'm trying to store the data retrieved into a variables so I could process further but I'm stuck having no idea how to do so. while True: cmd =…
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Transposing multiple lines of data into one table in Python

I have an output file from a script that parses iwlist scan that looks something like: Cell: 01 - Address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ESSID: "My Network Name" Frequency: 2.412 GHz (Channel 2) Quality: =XX/100 Signal Level: XX/100 Cell: 02 - Address: ESSID:…
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subprocess.check_output() not providing full iwconfig output

I am trying to make a python program to display information about the WiFi connection, but I have hit a snag. subprocess.check_output() is not working the way I need it to. >>>import subprocess >>>test = subprocess.check_output("iwconfig") Provides…
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How to get iwconfig to display signal level as dbm instead of a fraction

When I run: iwconfig wlan0 | grep -i quality on my Raspberry Pi, with a wifi card installed, it reports back to me with: Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=48/100 Noise level=0/100 How can I get iwconfig or some other network tool to report the…
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Wireless wlan0 management

I implemented a function in order to connect my device to an access point which contains : iw mlan0 connect $SSID udhcpc -i mlan0 while : ; do echo "Pausing until connection established" mlan0_ip=`/sbin/ifconfig mlan0 | grep 'inet addr:' |…
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