fastoe / wireless-info

This script gathers the infos necessary for troubleshooting a wireless connection and saves them in a text file, wrapping it in an archive if it exceeds the 19.5 kB size limit for '.txt' attachments on the Ubuntu Forums.

Wireless Info

This script gathers the infos necessary for troubleshooting a wireless connection and saves them in a text file, wrapping it in an archive if it exceeds the 19.5 kB size limit for .txt attachments on the Ubuntu Forums.

Details

• Creates the file wireless-info.txt at the location it is run from.
• Additionally creates the archive wireless-info.tar.gz if the file exceeds 19.5 kB in size.
• Masks all sensitive info, like MAC addresses and WPA/WEP keys, automatically in a meaningful way.
• Offers to post the results to your default pastebinit provider if the program is installed, and a sufficiently reliable internet connection is available.

Run from CLI

You can either run it from the command line with these commands:

wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && \
chmod +x wireless-info && \
./wireless-info

This will download the script, make it executable, and run it, all in a row.

Run from GUI

Or, if zenity or kdialog is installed, run it from the GUI this way:

1. Download the script
2. Make it executable
3. Run it from your file browser or a Run dialog

Disconnected

If you cannot connect to the internet with the affected system, including via a wired connection, you will have to move files between it and a system connected to the internet.