netlink nl80211 example utility to get client info connected to wireless AP
Almost no dependencies utility, except libnl-3.
Howto build
libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev packets should be installed.
git clone <repo_url>
cd <repo_dir>
make station_get
Binary is in the build directory
Howto use
┌──(ru㉿kali)-[~/netlink_station_get]
└─$ make
gcc -Wall -O2 -I./ -I/usr/include/libnl3 main.c -o build/station_get -lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3
┌──(ru㉿kali)-[~/netlink_station_get]
└─$ ./build/station_get dev wlan0
nl80211 driver id: 31
attr. type: 3 NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX
attr. type: 6 NL80211_ATTR_MAC
attr. type: 21 NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO
attr. type: 46 NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION
dev idx: 9 name: wlan0
mac: 50:3D:C6:54:77:C1
inactive time: 304 ms
signal: -49 dBm
current time: 1661597179316 ms
┌──(ru㉿kali)-[~/netlink_station_get]
└─$ ./build/station_get dev wlan0 mac 50:3D:C6:54:77:C1
nl80211 driver id: 31
attr. type: 3 NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX
attr. type: 6 NL80211_ATTR_MAC
attr. type: 21 NL80211_ATTR_STA_INFO
attr. type: 46 NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION
dev idx: 9 name: wlan0
mac: 50:3D:C6:54:77:C1
inactive time: 448 ms
rx packets: 588
tx packets: 149
tx failed: 0
signal: -46 dBm
current time: 1661597189488 ms