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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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iwconfig wlan0 ap xx:xx doesn't change my Cell ID?

I have 3 RPI and TP-LINK TL-wr723n V3. I configured it in ad-hoc mode and it works. When I am taking RPI3 of network coverage RPI 1 and 2 lose connection. But when take RPI3 back connection is not restored. Before it lose connection all 3 PRI has…
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Python and accessing command line utilities ifconfig, iwconfig and iw directly

I'm accessing ifconfig, iwconfig and iw from subprocess.Popen as below: p = sp.Popen(["ifconfig",nic],stdin=sp.PIPE,stdout=sp.PIPE,stderr=sp.PIPE) out,err = p.communicate() Is there a better way, i.e faster to do this such as interfacing directly…
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How do I determine the active wireless SSID?

I'm trying to find the name of my active wireless network, out of a list of all available networks. In order to list all available wireless networks, I call $ iwlist wlan0 scanning which gives me a very long output. I can pipe that through a python…
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Linux: Changing access point with iwconfig

I have two access points with the same essid. When I do "iwlist scan," my laptop can "see" both of the access points. I want to switch back and forth between access points. For example, iwconfig shows "access Point: " on interface "wlan0." I…
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Print bit rate and signal level in one row

I want to print out the bit rate and signal level of iwconfig in one row and separate with space. So far I use different command to print the bit rate and signal strength separately like this : iwconfig wlan0 | awk -F'[ =]+' '/Bit Rate/ {print…
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Matching strings in a bash case statement and finding the current wireless network

I've got a bash script (for personal use), part of which prints a message depending on which network I'm connected to. As part of this I want to look at the ID of the currently connected wireless network. What I'm doing is parsing the wireless name…
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Ubuntu - My wifi suddenly stopped working

Yesterday, I was working on some orchestration on my Ubuntu LTS when "poof", the WiFi stops working. I immediately went to check on my router to see if the dog hadn't chewed off a cable. But it was fine. Then I tried to reconnect to my WiFi network,…
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How to get output from other command line interface programs?

Ok I did some research and I couldn't turn up anything useful. I am trying to write a program that will receive input from iwconfig (on a linux machine). It will then sort through the input, do some calculations and output to a database. Sorting…
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