3 ms·
both iw and iwlist are still a thing. There is probably some convoluted proc path that gives a listing as well.
by nurettin 7y ago
both iw and iwlist are still a thing. There is probably some convoluted proc path that gives a listing as well.
- majewsky 7y agoprocfs is unlikely. Scanning is not something that the kernel does by itself, a userspace application (usually wpa_supplicant) needs to perform it actively. You can see this by running e.g. sudo iw dev $IFACE scan on a system running wpa_supplicant (e.g. through NetworkManager). Every so often you'll get a "Device busy" error because wpa_supplicant is scanning already.