How to obtain wireless info from the console
To get info such as, speed, quality, etc.
iwconfig
iwconfig wlan0
iwconfig wlan0 | egrep -e "Quality" -e "Rate"
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"Marissa1"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:24:B2:71:CB:EC
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=59/70 Signal level=-51 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:58 Missed beacon:0
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"It-Hertz-When-IP"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:24:B2:71:CB:EC
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=59/70 Signal level=-51 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:58 Missed beacon:0
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