wifi-scanner

📶 Wi-Fi Network Scanner (Python)

This is a simple cross-platform Wi-Fi network scanner built using Python. It can scan nearby Wi-Fi networks (SSID, BSSID, Signal Strength) and also display the host's IP and MAC address.

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🚀 Features

• Scans nearby Wi-Fi networks:
  • Shows SSID (Wi-Fi name)
  • Shows BSSID (MAC address of router)
  • Shows Signal strength (in % or dBm)
• Works on both Windows and Linux
• Detects your local IP address
• Detects your device’s MAC address
• CLI-based with clean, readable output

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🖥️ Platforms Supported

• ✅ Windows (with netsh)
• ✅ Linux (with iwconfig + iwlist — may require sudo)

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⚙️ Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Admin/root privileges (for full scan results)
• For Linux: wireless-tools must be installed:

  sudo apt install wireless-tools
  
  
  

Sample Output

📶 Scanning ALL nearby WiFi networks on Windows...

✅ Found 3 unique WiFi networks:

1. SSID : Global_5GHz BSSID: b4:3d:08:9b:f0:01 Signal: 61%

2. SSID : Home_WiFi BSSID: a0:ab:1b:5d:77:1a Signal: 75%

3. SSID : Mobile_Hotspot BSSID: 92:34:a1:45:ff:bb Signal: 40%

💻 Your IP address : 192.168.1.46 🔐 Your MAC address : 50:E0:85:96:D7:B5

Internals Used

netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid (Windows)

iwlist scan (Linux)

socket module for IP

uuid module for MAC