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TL;DR

iwlist

Get detailed information from a wireless interface. More information: https://manned.org/iwlist.8.

  • Display the list of access points and ad-hoc cells in range:

iwlist wireless_interface scan

  • Display available frequencies in the device:

iwlist wireless_interface frequency

  • List the bit-rates supported by the device:

iwlist wireless_interface rate

  • List the WPA authentication parameters currently set:

iwlist wireless_interface auth

  • List all the WPA encryption keys set in the device:

iwlist wireless_interface wpakeys

  • List the encryption key sizes supported and list all the encryption keys set in the device:

iwlist wireless_interface keys

  • List the various power management attributes and modes of the device:

iwlist wireless_interface power

  • List generic information elements set in the device (used for WPA support):

iwlist wireless_interface genie

This document was created using the contents of the tldr project.