To scan a wireless card for information on a Linux system, you can use the iw command, which is part of the iwlwifi driver package.
To view the available options for the iw command, you can use the --help option:
iw --help
To scan for wireless networks, you can use the scan command:
iw dev wlan0 scan
This will scan for wireless networks using the wireless device wlan0. The output will show a list of the detected wireless networks, including their SSID, channel, and other information.
To view information about the wireless device, you can use the info command:
iw dev wlan0 info
This will show information about the wireless device, including its driver, firmware version, and supported features.
For more information about the iw command and its options, you can consult the man page by running man iw in the terminal.
You can also use the iwlist command to scan for wireless networks and view information about the wireless device. For example, to scan for wireless networks:
iwlist wlan0 scan
To view information about the wireless device:
iwlist wlan0 info
For more information about the iwlist command and its options, you can consult the man page by running man iwlist in the terminal.