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https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon
wavemon is an ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices on Linux.
https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon
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wavemon is an ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices on Linux.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon
- Owner: uoaerg
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2013-07-31T09:51:46.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-31T13:29:34.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-03-27T09:21:11.310Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: ncurses, netlink, wireless
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.14 MB
- Stars: 876
- Watchers: 26
- Forks: 71
- Open Issues: 3
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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- awesome-linux - wavemon - Monitoring application for wireless network devices. (Applications / Console-based Applications and Tools)
- awesome-robotic-tooling - wavemon - An ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices. (Network and Middleware / Ethernet and Wireless Networking)
- awesome-systools - wavemon - based monitoring application for wireless network devices (Network / Network Troubleshooting)
- awesome-tuis - wavemon
- awesome-devop-tools - wavemon - based (Networking)
- awesome-robotic-tooling - wavemon - is an ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices (System / Network and Middleware)
- awesome-linux - wavemon - Monitoring application for wireless network devices. (Applications / Console-based Applications and Tools)
- awesome-robotic-tooling - wavemon - An ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices. (Network and Middleware / Ethernet and Wireless Networking)
- Awesome-linux - wavemon - Monitoring application for wireless network devices. (Applications / Console-based Applications)
- awesome-stars - uoaerg/wavemon - wavemon is an ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network devices on Linux. (C)
README
## Synopsis
`wavemon` is a wireless device monitoring application that allows you to watch
signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network
parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work (though with
varying features) with all devices supported by the Linux kernel.
See the man page for an in-depth description of operation and configuration.
### Where to obtain
Apart from debian/ubuntu packages (`apt-cache search wavemon`) and [slackbuild scripts for wavemon](https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=wavemon&sv=), this repository contains the full source code.
### Dependencies
Minimally the following are required:
* the `pkg-config` package,
* netlink `libnl-cli-3-dev` at least version 3.2 (pulls in `libnl-3-dev`, `libnl-genl-3-dev`),
* ncurses development files (`libncursesw6`, `libtinfo6`, `libncurses-dev`).
On Debian/Ubuntu, this can be done using
```bash
apt-get -y install pkg-config libncursesw6 libtinfo6 libncurses-dev libnl-cli-3-dev
```
Please note the "w" in `libncursesw6`, which stands for the _wide-character_ variant of ncurses.
This is required for [proper rendering on UTF-8 terminals](https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon/issues/70).
## How to build
wavemon uses `autoconf`, so that in most cases you can simply run
```bash
./configure && make && sudo make install
```
to build and install the package. Type `make uninstall` if not happy.
### Using custom `CFLAGS`
Pass additional `CFLAGS` to `configure`, like this:
```bash
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" ./configure
```
Passing `CFLAGS` to `make` is not encouraged, since that will replace the settings found by `configure`.
### Installation with privileges
To grant users access to _restricted networking operations_ (scanning), use
```bash
sudo make install-suid-root
```
### Resetting `autoconf` state
If you have changed some of the `autoconf` files or use a `git` version, run
```bash
./config/bootstrap
```
(This requires a recent installation of `autotools`.)