Wi-Fi command line commands

Wi-Fi(IEEE 802.11) command line useful commands

Wi-Fi AP Mode
1) Scan the network

iw dev wlan0 scan or
iw dev wlan0 scan ap-force

2) Connected Devices to the Wi-Fi Access Point (wifi AP mode)

Using hostapd cli:  hostapd_cli all_sta

using iw: iw dev wlan0 station dump


Wi-Fi Station/Client Mode

1) To Scan network

iw dev wlan0 scan 

to show only the SSID from the ouput

iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID