scan-ssid

scan-ssid is a script to print all the available networks on a Wi-Fi interface. It displays the BSSID, SSID, Channels, Frequency and sort them by RSSI. Should work with most Debian-based distributions.

Installation

To download the latest version run:

git clone https://github.com/Resethel/scan-ssid.git

You can then move the executable to your usual execution path

$ mv ./scan-ssid /usr/local/bin
$ chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/scan-ssid

Usage:

To display the available networks, run the command

scan-ssid [-h|-p|-q] <device_name>

Where:

• device_name is the name of you Wi-Fi device (you can find it with the ip command)
• You can display the available options with the option -h or --help

Output:

Example of quiet and pretty output :

BSSID              RSSI     CH    Freq    SSID
                   (dBm)          (Mhz)
===============================================================
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -12.00    4    2427    My-own-Wi-Fi
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -44.00   11    2462    Neighbor-1-Wi-Fi
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -44.00   11    2462    Neighbor-2-Wi-Fi
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -73.00   44    5220    random-switch-foo
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -89.00   52    5260    random-switch-bar
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -89.00   52    5260    random-switch-baz
===============================================================