Ifconfig scan full details

eatonphil · Dec 10, 2015

When I run ifconfig wlan0 scan, the list of APs are always abbreviated:

Code:

SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
XFINITY         00:0d:67:83:b0:4d    6   54M -59:-95  150 EPS  HTCAP WME ATH RSN
xfinitywifi     c0:7c:d1:4a:93:ba   11   54M -49:-95  100 ES   HTCAP WME ATH
MG_BQT_3        2a:5b:0e:90:39:08    7   54M -66:-95  100 ES   HTCAP WME ATH
Maggianos_G...  5a:5b:0e:90:1e:48    2   54M -65:-95  100 ES   HTCAP WME ATH
MG_BQT_4        3a:5b:0e:60:32:58    3   54M -66:-95  100 ES   HTCAP WME ATH
CornerBaker...  00:17:c5:be:d5:b1    4   54M -46:-95  100 E    WME ATH
MG_BQT_2        1a:5b:0e:90:38:38    9   54M -66:-95  100 ES   HTCAP WME ATH

Is there a way I can get the full name of all the APs?

tobik@ · Dec 11, 2015

eatonphil said:
Is there a way I can get the full name of all the APs?

Add -v: ifconfig -v wlan0 scan

Because the output is very verbose you might want to pipe it to less(1) to keep it readable: ifconfig -v wlan0 scan | less -S

Ifconfig scan full details

eatonphil

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