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plugin_wireless

Alejandro Mora edited this page Mar 9, 2026 · 1 revision

wireless plugin

This plugin returns information about your wireless (WLAN, wifi) subsystem.


Functions

wifi::level(dev) returns signal level of WLAN device
wifi::noise(dev) returns noise level of WLAN device
wifi::quality(dev) returns link quality of WLAN device
wifi::protocol(dev) returns protocol of WLAN device
wifi::frequency(dev) returns frequency of WLAN device
wifi::bitrate(dev) returns bitrate of WLAN device
wifi::essid(dev) returns essid of WLAN device
wifi::op_mode(dev) returns operational mode of WLAN device
wifi::sensitivity(dev) returns sensitivity of WLAN device
wifi::sec_mode(dev) returns security mode of WLAN device

The 'dev' should be a active WLAN device (e.g. 'eth1' or 'wlan0')


Example

Widget WLAN {
    class      'Text'
    expression  wifi::essid('eth1')
    prefix     'ESSID '
    width       20
    align      'L'
    update      1000
}

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