{"id":9905,"date":"2020-03-23T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9905"},"modified":"2025-06-15T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T09:34:53","slug":"wavemon-live-wifi-signal-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/wavemon-live-wifi-signal-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Wavemon &#8211; Display Live WiFi Signal Strength in Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5827\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/wifi-icon2.png\" alt=\"wifi hotspot\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a wireless network manager? Wavemon is a command line ncurses-based wireless network monitoring application for Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Wavemon displays live signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work with all devices supported by the Linux kernel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49098\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal-700x406.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal-700x406.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal-768x446.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/wavemon-terminal.webp 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wavemon is available in Ubuntu universe repositories. Simply open terminal (<b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b>) and run command to install it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install wavemon<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apt-wavemon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-49097\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apt-wavemon-700x321.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apt-wavemon-700x321.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apt-wavemon-300x138.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/apt-wavemon.webp 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then run <b>wavecom<\/b> command in terminal to start the monitor. For more information run <code>man wavemon<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>While the software packages in Ubuntu repositories are always old. You can get the latest release from the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/uoaerg\/wavemon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wavemon in Github<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a wireless network manager? Wavemon is a command line ncurses-based wireless network monitoring application for Linux. Wavemon displays live signal and noise levels, packet statistics, device configuration and network parameters of your wireless network hardware. It should work with all devices supported by the Linux kernel. Wavemon is available in Ubuntu universe repositories. 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