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= wifi-scan

Friendly front-end to `iwlist` for wireless network scanning & troubleshooting.


== In action

$ wifi-scan -k channel
+------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+
| cell | channel | frequency | quality | essid |
+------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+
| 14 | 1 | 2.412 | 44 | SNewSt2R |
| 7 | 6 | 2.437 | 41 | MOTOROLA-Cxxx4 |
| 8 | 6 | 2.437 | 44 | SomeCleverWiFiName |
| 2 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | mytroubledwifi |
| 3 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | dejaloya |
| 9 | 8 | 2.447 | 100 | |
| 10 | 11 | 2.462 | 88 | The Jam 2.4G |
| 1 | 36 | 5.18 | 100 | mytroubledwifi-5GHz |
| 6 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | DIRECT-C1-HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 |
| 11 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | |
| 12 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | yoyoyo |
| 13 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | XFINITY |
| 15 | 36 | 5.18 | 44 | Lindsey |
| 4 | 48 | 5.24 | 72 | The Jam 5G |
| 5 | 153 | 5.765 | 44 | xfinitywifi |
| 16 | 153 | 5.765 | 44 | thisnetworkisalsohere |
+------+---------+-----------+---------+---------------------------------+


== Install

Using Python v3.8 (or better):

[source,sh]
----
python3 -m pip install wifi-scan
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As an alternative consider https://pipxproject.github.io/pipx/installation/[pipx]:

[source,sh]
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pipx install wifi-scan
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