Getting WiFi details in Linux

commands for putting a wireless card in monitor mode with iwconfig or airmon-ng and listing nearby networks and BSSIDs

put wireless card in monitor mode

1sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor && iwconfig

via airmon

1airmon-ng start wlan0

wlan0mon here is your wifi in monitor mode. To disable, run airmon-ng stop wlan0mon

get wifi details (BSSID)

• iwlist scan
• wash -i wlan0mon --ignore-fcs
• airodump-ng wlan0mon

get available networks

1iwlist scanning

or

1airodump-ng wlan0

put wifi card in monitor mode

1airmon-ng start wlan0