See available wireless access points in the terminal?

How can I go about seeing the different AP around me using the terminal? OpenSuse linux

n0pe

Posted 2011-04-06T01:15:05.157

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You can use the command:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

This assumes that wlan0 is your wireless interface. To find out if it is or not type sudo iwconfig which will give you a list of your network interfaces and tell you which ones have wireless extensions enabled.

Phil

Posted 2011-04-06T01:15:05.157

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hmm I'm getting iwlist not found – n0pe – 2011-04-06T01:21:32.127

In that case you'll have to install the wireless-tools package, which I think requires the command sudo yast2 --install wireless-tools . However, it's been a few years since I last used opensuse so I may have got the syntax wrong. – Phil – 2011-04-06T01:25:54.013

I know this is a six years old question and its already answered but i went in the same problem on a debian system and use this command:

nmcli dev wifi list

mthecreator

Posted 2011-04-06T01:15:05.157

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