Wifi scanner for FreeBSD

[matti k]

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 10:23:24 +0200
Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> On my Ubuntu based cellphone (BQ E4.5, https://ubports.com) I have a
> Wifi scanner app, a picture how it looks like is here:
> https://forums.ubports.com/assets/uploads/files/1615713748334-wifi-bank-900m.jpg
> "tarara" is my AP in my house in about 900 meter distance.
> 
> Do we have something similar for our beloved FreeBSD in our ports
> collection?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 	matthias
> 

Hi mathius

One can also display the current list of known networks with:

# ifconfig wlan0 list scan

reference:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html

Cheers,

    Matti