More Networking Things
Our Raspbian specific networking stuff is here: https://raspberry-projects.com/pi/category/pi-operating-systems/raspbian/network-settings
IP Address
ip addr
Is A Specific Interface Connected
ip link show wlan0
WiFi
List discovered networks
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
Is network connected
ifconfig wlan0
If the inet addr field has an address beside it, the RPi has connected to the network.
Get connected network SSID
iwgetid wlan0 -r
Will return just the SSID, or blank if not connected.
USEFUL?
We benefit hugely from resources on the web so we decided we should try and give back some of our knowledge and resources to the community by opening up many of our company’s internal notes and libraries through mini sites like this. We hope you find the site helpful.
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