Wavemon
Is a ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices. It plots levels in real-time as well as showing wireless and network related device information.
Analyze Wi-Fi networks, use for example iperf3 to measure speed and stability.
Installation
sudo apt install wavemonUsage
wavemon [ -hgv ] [ -i ifname ]Flags
-g Ensure screen is sufficiently dimensioned
-h This help screen
-i <ifname> Use specified network interface (default: auto)
-v Print version detailsExamples
sudo wavemon -iface wlp4s0
┌─Scan window────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│<hidden ESSID> 74:DA:88:F2:9E:39 44%, -79 dBm, ch 112, 5560 MHz ESS, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt │
│Cordless-G C8:B5:AD:F8:D7:F1 46%, -78 dBm, ch 52, 5260 MHz ESS │
│Cordless C8:B5:AD:F8:D7:F0 46%, -78 dBm, ch 52, 5260 MHz 2 sta, Radio Measure │
│Cordless-G AB:CD:EF:GH:IJ:F1 63%, -66 dBm, ch 36, 5180 MHz 1 sta, 7% chan │
│Cordless AB:CD:EF:GH:IJ:F0 61%, -67 dBm, ch 36, 5180 MHz 5 sta, 5% chan, Radio Measure │
│total: 49 Ch/Sg desc, 23 not shown, 2 open 5/2GHz: 18/31 top-3: ch#36 (11), ch#10 (7), ch#11 (6) │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F1 info F2 lhist **F3 scan** F4 F5 F6 F7 prefs F8 help F9 about F10 quitsudo wavemon -iface wlp4s0
┌─Interface──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│wlp4s0 (IEEE 802.11), phy 0, reg: n/a, SSID: Cordless │
├─Levels─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │
│link quality: 59% (41/70) │
│======================================================================== │
│ │
│ │
│signal level: -69 dBm (0.13 nW) │
│========================================== │
│ │
├─Statistics─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│RX: 58k (62.49 MiB), drop: 10 (0.0%) │
│TX: 29k (5.46 MiB), retries: 2k (7.8%), failed: 21 │
├─Info───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│mode: Managed, connected to: AB:CD:EF:GH:IJ:F0, time: 1:01h, inactive: 0.3s │
│freq: 5180 MHz, ctr1: 5210 MHz, channel: 36 (width: 80 MHz) │
│rx rate: 526.6 Mbit/s VHT-MCS 6 80MHz VHT-NSS 2, tx rate: 585.1 Mbit/s VHT-MCS 6 80MHz short GI VHT-NSS 2 │
│beacons: 35216, lost: 2, avg sig: -69 dBm, interval: 0.1s, DTIM: 1 │
│power mgt: on, tx-power: 22 dBm (158.49 mW) │
│retry: short limit 7, rts/cts: off, frag: off │
├─Network────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│wlp4s0 (UP RUNNING BROADCAST MULTICAST) │
│mac: AC:ED:5C:B9:8C:14, qlen: 1000 │
│ip: 10.10.20.107/24 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
**F1 info** F2 lhist F3 scan F4 F5 F6 F7 prefs F8 help F9 about F10 quit