How can I display the list of available WiFi networks?
My Ubuntu laptops's WiFi works fine on various Wifi networks. But the list of available networks accessed from the toolbar icon of nm-applet by no longer appears. I just see the known networks. The list of hidden networks also doesn't show any new networks.
sudo iwlist scan
likewise only shows known networks.
How do I get list all available networks so I can connect to one?
I am using Xubuntu 14.04
wireless networking xubuntu network-manager
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My Ubuntu laptops's WiFi works fine on various Wifi networks. But the list of available networks accessed from the toolbar icon of nm-applet by no longer appears. I just see the known networks. The list of hidden networks also doesn't show any new networks.
sudo iwlist scan
likewise only shows known networks.
How do I get list all available networks so I can connect to one?
I am using Xubuntu 14.04
wireless networking xubuntu network-manager
5
Does terminal commandnmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?
– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
1
Also worth noting thatsudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks thaniwlist scan
(withoutsudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00
add a comment |
My Ubuntu laptops's WiFi works fine on various Wifi networks. But the list of available networks accessed from the toolbar icon of nm-applet by no longer appears. I just see the known networks. The list of hidden networks also doesn't show any new networks.
sudo iwlist scan
likewise only shows known networks.
How do I get list all available networks so I can connect to one?
I am using Xubuntu 14.04
wireless networking xubuntu network-manager
My Ubuntu laptops's WiFi works fine on various Wifi networks. But the list of available networks accessed from the toolbar icon of nm-applet by no longer appears. I just see the known networks. The list of hidden networks also doesn't show any new networks.
sudo iwlist scan
likewise only shows known networks.
How do I get list all available networks so I can connect to one?
I am using Xubuntu 14.04
wireless networking xubuntu network-manager
wireless networking xubuntu network-manager
edited Jan 14 at 19:02
Joshua Fox
asked Dec 30 '14 at 13:03
Joshua FoxJoshua Fox
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75551326
5
Does terminal commandnmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?
– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
1
Also worth noting thatsudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks thaniwlist scan
(withoutsudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00
add a comment |
5
Does terminal commandnmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?
– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
1
Also worth noting thatsudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks thaniwlist scan
(withoutsudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00
5
5
Does terminal command
nmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
Does terminal command
nmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
1
1
Also worth noting that
sudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks than iwlist scan
(without sudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00
Also worth noting that
sudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks than iwlist scan
(without sudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00
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Use nmcli dev wifi
command. It shows the transfer rate, the signal strength and the security as well.
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requiressudo
to display the entire list.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
add a comment |
To scan all networks try using the command sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
.
You can find more info here: https://askubuntu.com/a/16588/362944
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
add a comment |
In Ubuntu 16.04 :
- Go to
/sys/class/net
you can see list of folders here. - find wireless interface. It has wireless folder. for example in my case is
wlp10
you can check it usingls wlp10
. if the folder's name different use that folder's name. sudo iwlist wlp1s0 scan | grep ESSID
now from here you can list all available WiFi.
source from here
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
add a comment |
Further to what has been already answered here, I've merged a few of them and added a little flavor of my own.
As for the nmcli
answer, sure, do that if you want to install more software. But if you're looking for Access Points, maybe you don't have an internet connection yet and are unable to connect to install said software. With all that said, here's my solution:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$); do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }'; done 2>/dev/null | sort -u
Breaking it down:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$);
Lets have a look at all the contents of the location /sys/class/net. This will list all the network devices, but we're not really interested in the loopback interface. so we'll ignore that one
do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }';done
For each of the network interfaces we found above, lets do the scan to list all the SSIDs (and only the SSIDs)
2>/dev/null
And ignore all the errors (like searching for SSIDs with ethernet interfaces).
| sort -u
And finally, If you have multiple wi-fi adapters on the system, only list each SSID once.
add a comment |
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Use nmcli dev wifi
command. It shows the transfer rate, the signal strength and the security as well.
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requiressudo
to display the entire list.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
add a comment |
Use nmcli dev wifi
command. It shows the transfer rate, the signal strength and the security as well.
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requiressudo
to display the entire list.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
add a comment |
Use nmcli dev wifi
command. It shows the transfer rate, the signal strength and the security as well.
Use nmcli dev wifi
command. It shows the transfer rate, the signal strength and the security as well.
edited Jun 18 '18 at 8:02
mrid
1087
1087
answered Nov 19 '16 at 17:37
adityaaditya
82655
82655
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requiressudo
to display the entire list.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
add a comment |
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requiressudo
to display the entire list.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
6
6
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
Here is the pertaining mnemonic: network manager command line interface device wifi
– Serge Stroobandt
Apr 17 '18 at 0:59
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
For me this only found the WiFi network I was connected to rather than all available.
– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 9:53
It requires
sudo
to display the entire list.– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
It requires
sudo
to display the entire list.– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:01
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To scan all networks try using the command sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
.
You can find more info here: https://askubuntu.com/a/16588/362944
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
add a comment |
To scan all networks try using the command sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
.
You can find more info here: https://askubuntu.com/a/16588/362944
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
add a comment |
To scan all networks try using the command sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
.
You can find more info here: https://askubuntu.com/a/16588/362944
To scan all networks try using the command sudo iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
.
You can find more info here: https://askubuntu.com/a/16588/362944
edited Nov 26 '17 at 13:30
Afshin Mehrabani
1075
1075
answered Dec 30 '14 at 13:46
blkpwsblkpws
663611
663611
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
add a comment |
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
1
1
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
wlan0 should be replaced with real value from ifconfig of from /sys/class/net subfolder name, as stated in answer from @gujarat santana
– Joshua Fox
Nov 11 '18 at 12:27
add a comment |
In Ubuntu 16.04 :
- Go to
/sys/class/net
you can see list of folders here. - find wireless interface. It has wireless folder. for example in my case is
wlp10
you can check it usingls wlp10
. if the folder's name different use that folder's name. sudo iwlist wlp1s0 scan | grep ESSID
now from here you can list all available WiFi.
source from here
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
add a comment |
In Ubuntu 16.04 :
- Go to
/sys/class/net
you can see list of folders here. - find wireless interface. It has wireless folder. for example in my case is
wlp10
you can check it usingls wlp10
. if the folder's name different use that folder's name. sudo iwlist wlp1s0 scan | grep ESSID
now from here you can list all available WiFi.
source from here
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
add a comment |
In Ubuntu 16.04 :
- Go to
/sys/class/net
you can see list of folders here. - find wireless interface. It has wireless folder. for example in my case is
wlp10
you can check it usingls wlp10
. if the folder's name different use that folder's name. sudo iwlist wlp1s0 scan | grep ESSID
now from here you can list all available WiFi.
source from here
In Ubuntu 16.04 :
- Go to
/sys/class/net
you can see list of folders here. - find wireless interface. It has wireless folder. for example in my case is
wlp10
you can check it usingls wlp10
. if the folder's name different use that folder's name. sudo iwlist wlp1s0 scan | grep ESSID
now from here you can list all available WiFi.
source from here
answered Nov 4 '16 at 15:00
Gujarat SantanaGujarat Santana
253410
253410
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
add a comment |
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
1
1
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
Note this does not work with broadcom wireless cards.
– Jared Smith
Oct 21 '18 at 13:11
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
@JaredSmith do the other solutions work with broadcom wifi cards?
– Dan Esparza
Jan 7 at 12:48
1
1
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
@DanEsparza they should
– Jared Smith
Jan 7 at 13:01
add a comment |
Further to what has been already answered here, I've merged a few of them and added a little flavor of my own.
As for the nmcli
answer, sure, do that if you want to install more software. But if you're looking for Access Points, maybe you don't have an internet connection yet and are unable to connect to install said software. With all that said, here's my solution:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$); do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }'; done 2>/dev/null | sort -u
Breaking it down:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$);
Lets have a look at all the contents of the location /sys/class/net. This will list all the network devices, but we're not really interested in the loopback interface. so we'll ignore that one
do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }';done
For each of the network interfaces we found above, lets do the scan to list all the SSIDs (and only the SSIDs)
2>/dev/null
And ignore all the errors (like searching for SSIDs with ethernet interfaces).
| sort -u
And finally, If you have multiple wi-fi adapters on the system, only list each SSID once.
add a comment |
Further to what has been already answered here, I've merged a few of them and added a little flavor of my own.
As for the nmcli
answer, sure, do that if you want to install more software. But if you're looking for Access Points, maybe you don't have an internet connection yet and are unable to connect to install said software. With all that said, here's my solution:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$); do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }'; done 2>/dev/null | sort -u
Breaking it down:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$);
Lets have a look at all the contents of the location /sys/class/net. This will list all the network devices, but we're not really interested in the loopback interface. so we'll ignore that one
do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }';done
For each of the network interfaces we found above, lets do the scan to list all the SSIDs (and only the SSIDs)
2>/dev/null
And ignore all the errors (like searching for SSIDs with ethernet interfaces).
| sort -u
And finally, If you have multiple wi-fi adapters on the system, only list each SSID once.
add a comment |
Further to what has been already answered here, I've merged a few of them and added a little flavor of my own.
As for the nmcli
answer, sure, do that if you want to install more software. But if you're looking for Access Points, maybe you don't have an internet connection yet and are unable to connect to install said software. With all that said, here's my solution:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$); do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }'; done 2>/dev/null | sort -u
Breaking it down:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$);
Lets have a look at all the contents of the location /sys/class/net. This will list all the network devices, but we're not really interested in the loopback interface. so we'll ignore that one
do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }';done
For each of the network interfaces we found above, lets do the scan to list all the SSIDs (and only the SSIDs)
2>/dev/null
And ignore all the errors (like searching for SSIDs with ethernet interfaces).
| sort -u
And finally, If you have multiple wi-fi adapters on the system, only list each SSID once.
Further to what has been already answered here, I've merged a few of them and added a little flavor of my own.
As for the nmcli
answer, sure, do that if you want to install more software. But if you're looking for Access Points, maybe you don't have an internet connection yet and are unable to connect to install said software. With all that said, here's my solution:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$); do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }'; done 2>/dev/null | sort -u
Breaking it down:
for i in $(ls /sys/class/net/ | egrep -v ^lo$);
Lets have a look at all the contents of the location /sys/class/net. This will list all the network devices, but we're not really interested in the loopback interface. so we'll ignore that one
do sudo iw dev $i scan | grep SSID | awk '{print substr($0, index($0,$2)) }';done
For each of the network interfaces we found above, lets do the scan to list all the SSIDs (and only the SSIDs)
2>/dev/null
And ignore all the errors (like searching for SSIDs with ethernet interfaces).
| sort -u
And finally, If you have multiple wi-fi adapters on the system, only list each SSID once.
edited Jan 14 at 15:05
answered Jan 14 at 11:44
JimJim
1012
1012
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Does terminal command
nmcli dev wifi list
give anything additional to what's shown by the GUI applet?– steeldriver
Dec 30 '14 at 13:38
1
Also worth noting that
sudo iwlist scan
shows more available networks thaniwlist scan
(withoutsudo
) - so this question by itself is helpful. But perhaps it should be renamed to "How can I display the list of hidden WiFi networks"?– icc97
Nov 13 '18 at 10:00