iw

• Network manager using ip command

list

• Get device capabilities for all devices
• Such as band information (2.4 GHz, and 5 GHz), and 802.11n information

iw list

event

• Listening to events

iw event

phy (directory)

• Add a new interface
• monitor
• managed [also station]
• wds
• mesh [also mp]
• ibss [also adhoc]

iw phy "phy0" interface add "mynewinterface" type "monitor"
iw phy "phy0" interface add "mynewinterface" type "managed" # ...

dev (device)

# Show all interfaces information
iw dev

link

# link status
iw dev "wlp3s0" link

info

# Show specific interface information
iw dev "wlp3s0" info # type "managed" means it only accepts packages directed to this mac address

scan

# Scan wi-fi in an interface
iw dev "wlp3s0" scan | less

connect

# Connect to a network in an interface
iw dev "wlp3s0" connect "ssid"

set

• Set a property of an interface
• The interface must be disabled first (ip link set wlp3s0 down/up)

iw dev "wlp3s0" set monitor control # monitor mode
iw dev "wlp3s0" set type managed # managed mode

del

# delete interface
iw dev "interface-name" del