Wondering how I can get information on my wireless connection?
ie Wireless format (G/N/AC?), speed up/down, signal strength etc.
Thanks.
Hi
As root user run the command iwconfig;
iwconfig wlo1
wlo1 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"ssid"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=22 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=68/70 Signal level=-42 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:12 Missed beacon:0
There are many other tools to collect statistics but if you just want to check, the above is the easiest.
AFAIK iwconfig only displays static configuration information…
Other wireless tools including iwconfig in the kernel are described here
https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html
Skimming the list of 16 tools in the following article on general purpose bandwodth monitoring (not just wireless), I think most if not all are in openSUSE repos, if you want to install something and have trouble finding or installing, post…
https://www.tecmint.com/linux-network-bandwidth-monitoring-tools/
Wavemon looks interesting…
https://software.opensuse.org/package/wavemon?search_term=wavemon
And iftop for both wired and wireless
https://software.opensuse.org/package/iftop?search_term=iftop
I seem to remember that if you have KDE/Plasma installed, you’ll likely find widgets that can display real time info, too…
And, I seem to remember that Conky can be configured to display this on any Desktop as well…
HTH,
TSU