Display the name of the wireless network you are connected to.
iwgetid
Use iwgetid
utility to display currently connected wireless network.
$ iwgetid
wlan0 ESSID:"Searching..."
Display the name of the wireless network you are connected to using specific wireless device.
$ iwgetid --raw wlan0
Searching...
wpa_cli
Use WPA command-line client to inspect available interfaces.
$ wpa_cli interface
Selected interface 'p2p-dev-wlan0' Available interfaces: p2p-dev-wlan0 wlan0
Display interface status.
$ wpa_cli -i wlan0 status
bssid=00:78:cd:b1:b3:ea freq=2437 ssid=Searching... id=0 mode=station pairwise_cipher=CCMP group_cipher=CCMP key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK wpa_state=COMPLETED ip_address=192.168.8.159 p2p_device_address=e6:5f:01:e2:3d:40 address=e4:5f:01:e2:3d:40 uuid=cf3bd88c-ba7b-52d2-a85a-29a8a7646161
Evaluate output of the WPA command-line client to use specific data.
$ (eval $(wpa_cli -i wlan0 status); echo $ssid)
Searching...
Use awk to parse output of the WPA command-line client to use specific data.
$ wpa_cli -i wlan0 status | awk -F= '/^ssid/ {print $2}'
Searching...
iw
Use iw
utility to display wireless devices.
$ iw dev
phy#0 Unnamed/non-netdev interface wdev 0x2 addr e6:5f:01:e2:3d:40 type P2P-device txpower 31.00 dBm Interface wlan0 ifindex 3 wdev 0x1 addr e4:5f:01:e2:3d:40 ssid Searching... type managed channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 2437 MHz txpower 31.00 dBm
Get wireless device details.
$ iw dev wlan0 info
Interface wlan0 ifindex 3 wdev 0x1 addr e4:5f:01:e2:3d:40 ssid Searching... type managed wiphy 0 channel 6 (2437 MHz), width: 20 MHz, center1: 2437 MHz txpower 31.00 dBm
Get wireless device link information.
$ iw dev wlan0 link
Connected to 00:78:cd:b1:b3:ea (on wlan0) SSID: Searching... freq: 2437 RX: 60180 bytes (519 packets) TX: 8279 bytes (96 packets) signal: -21 dBm rx bitrate: 1.0 MBit/s tx bitrate: 24.0 MBit/s bss flags: short-preamble short-slot-time dtim period: 1 beacon int: 100
iwconfig
Use iwconfig
utility to display wireless devices.
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Searching..." Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:78:cd:b1:b3:ea Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-22 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:4 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Alternatively, display details for specific wireless device details.
$ iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Searching..." Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:78:cd:b1:b3:ea Bit Rate=24 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-22 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:4 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0