How do I check for wireless interface on my linux system?



  • On most linux systems there is normally a fair bit of configuration do to enable wireless connections, the commands below are only to check to see if you have any wireless capable devices. If you see something like wlan0, wlan1, then you have wireless capability on your system.

    # iwlist scan
    lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    bond0     Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth2      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth3      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth4      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    eth5      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    sit0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
    
    # iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.
    
    bond0     no wireless extensions.
    
    eth0      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth1      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth2      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth3      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth4      no wireless extensions.
    
    eth5      no wireless extensions.
    
    sit0      no wireless extensions.
    

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