Wi-Fi link status
You can use different tools to get information about the status of the WiFi interfaces:
nmcli
To get the status of all devices managed by NetworkManager, use nmcli tool:
~# nmcli dev status DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION eth1 ethernet connected eth1 wlan0 wifi connected wlan0 eth0 ethernet unavailable -- can0 can unmanaged -- lo loopback unmanaged -- sit0 sit unmanaged -- wlan1 wifi unmanaged --
iw
To get the status with iw tool:
~# iw dev wlan0 link Connected to 84:b5:17:40:a7:c0 (on wlan0) SSID: Cisco_2600_WPA2_AES freq: 5180 RX: 14188 bytes (110 packets) signal: -11 dBm tx bitrate: 72.2 MBit/s MCS 7 short GI
wpa_cli
To get the status with wpa_cli tool:
~# wpa_cli -iwlan0 status bssid=84:b5:17:40:a7:c0 freq=5180 ssid=Cisco_2600_WPA2_AES id=0 mode=station pairwise_cipher=CCMP group_cipher=CCMP key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK wpa_state=COMPLETED ip_address=192.168.43.30 p2p_device_address=00:40:9d:98:a6:84 address=00:40:9d:98:a6:84 uuid=883ffae7-742b-59c4-9422-ab29a4b2ab6a
