iwspy – Check Wireless link quality in Linux by monitoring IP/MAC/Host addresses
2008-07-17
iwspy is a linux utility to check the link quality by checking against an IP Address or a Hardware address (MAC-Address) or DNS hostname (resolved through DNS) that is attached to the same Wireless network as the host itself. The reason being it depends on the ARP cache on the system. So, if there is an addresses not in the ARP cache you can then ping once before trying. iwlist can help you to set upto 8 addresses which can be monitored and read back the quality of the link.Read More →