wifi-status(1)

📦 version 7.20, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 wifi-status(1) — the byobu girlies' guide to stalking ur wifi 💖

okay so bestie, this is wifi-status(1), and it ships with byobu — yes, that byobu. pull up a chair, grab a boba, we're watching ur wireless interface like it's the main character. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

wifi-status — monitor the wireless interface 📡👀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

wifi-status [INTERFACE]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. u can hand it an interface or just let it do its thing. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, wifi-status is a program that monitors a wireless interface. literally its whole personality. it just sits there and watches. no thoughts, head empty, only wifi. 🧚

and honestly?? that's often useful when you're trying to associate with an access point. like when ur trying to connect and it's giving absolutely nothing and u need to actually see what's happening?? that's the moment. that's when u call wifi-status. it's the friend who holds ur hand while u fight with the router. 😭💖

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • iwconfig(8) — the classic, the icon, the legend 👑
  • ip(8) — the modern one, also iconic, we love her 🌈

iykyk. go read those too, they're the supporting cast. ✨

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manpage AND the utility itself were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others, she's not gatekeeping 🫶).

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation. periodt. 📜✨

on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt. no cap, that's where it lives. 🍓

okay so real talk bestie: this whole page came from byobu, dated 27 Sep 2010 — yeah she's an elder but she ATE and she's still serving 💅💖 mwah, go monitor something. 🌸
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