wifi-scan.c

/*

Simple program to print out available wifi networks

Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/16752895/141084

To build & run:

    sudo apt-get install libiw-dev
    gcc -liw test.c
    ./a.out

*/


#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <iwlib.h>

int main(void) {
  wireless_scan_head head;
  wireless_scan *result;
  iwrange range;
  int sock;

  /* Open socket to kernel */
  sock = iw_sockets_open();

  /* Get some metadata to use for scanning */
  if (iw_get_range_info(sock, "wlan0", &range) < 0) {
    printf("Error during iw_get_range_info. Aborting.\n");
    exit(2);
  }

  /* Perform the scan */
  if (iw_scan(sock, "wlan0", range.we_version_compiled, &head) < 0) {
    printf("Error during iw_scan. Aborting.\n");
    exit(2);
  }

  /* Traverse the results */
  result = head.result;
  while (NULL != result) {
    printf("%s\n", result->b.essid);
    result = result->next;
  }

  exit(0);
}