AP Scanner

Real-time wireless access point scanner with active reconnaissance for Linux.

Features

Passive Scanning

• Real-time AP discovery with terminal display
• Automatic channel hopping (2.4GHz / 5GHz / 6GHz)
• Security detection: WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA3
• WiFi standard detection: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
• Channel width detection (20/40/80/160 MHz)
• Hidden SSID detection and resolution
• MAC vendor lookup
• Band filtering and sort modes

Active Scanning (New!)

• Interactive AP selection with arrow keys
• Connect to open (OPN) networks for reconnaissance
• DHCP lease acquisition and network info extraction
• ARP scan to discover connected clients
• Gateway port scanning (22, 53, 80, 443, 8080, 8443)
• Client device enumeration with MAC vendor lookup
• Results displayed in overlay panel

Export & Configuration

• CSV / JSON export with active scan results
• Configuration file support

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Linux with iw and ip commands
• Root privileges
• WiFi adapter that supports monitor mode

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

# Using pipx (isolated environment)
pipx install uaf

# Or using pip
pip install uaf

From source

git clone https://github.com/devastator-x/uaf.git
cd uaf
pip install -e .

Ubuntu/Debian (.deb package)

# Download from releases
wget https://github.com/devastator-x/uaf/releases/download/v1.0.0/uaf_1.0.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i uaf_1.0.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies

Usage

# Basic scan (auto-detect interface)
sudo uaf

# Specify interface
sudo uaf -i wlan0

# Scan specific channels
sudo uaf -c 1,6,11

# Band filter
sudo uaf -b 2.4

# Sort by channel
sudo uaf --sort channel

# Save to specific file
sudo uaf -w output.csv

# Use config file
sudo uaf --config /path/to/config.ini

Keybindings

Normal Mode

Selection Mode

Configuration

Default config path: ~/.config/ap-scanner/config.ini

[scanner]
interface = wlan0
band = all
sort = rssi
no_color = false
verbose = false

Development

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/ -v

License

GPL-2.0-or-later. See LICENSE for details.