'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning (Ubuntu LTS 10.04)

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Answer by Bendy Latortue for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning...

July 11, 2018, 8:59 am

have you checked the interface name with command ifconfig and you can do ifconfig "interface-name" up by example: for my wireless interface ifconfig wlp2s0 up the next thing to do is: iwlist wlp2s0 scan

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Answer by Simon Tate for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning...

July 26, 2018, 11:19 pm

This issue can be also be caused by the wireless interface (I'll use wlan0 - not eth1) being in the wrong mode. To fix this you can use: sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed sudo...

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Answer by Denzil Sequeira for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning...

September 14, 2016, 12:33 am

Check rfkill list all Mine had the following output 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no Which was causing the error Interface doesn't support scanning To remove the block simply...

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Answer by vaab for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning (Ubuntu LTS...

January 14, 2015, 9:02 pm

If you have checked that you are root and your device is up: sudo ifconfig eth1 up && sudo iwlist eth1 scan And it still doesn't work, I found that: iw dev wlan0 scan ap-force Would work in my...

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Answer by jordanm for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support scanning (Ubuntu...

August 14, 2012, 9:30 am

The ability to scan using iwlist and associate to access points via iwconfig require root. In Ubuntu you can use the following: sudo iwlist eth1 scan

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Answer by Manula Waidyanatha for 'iwlist' -> interface doesn't support...

August 12, 2012, 8:18 pm

You have to bring eth1 up before scanning. ifconfig eth1 up iwlist eth1 s

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