Wifi Signal strengh sensor

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Hi,

Setting a command-line sensor on HA to just show the Wifi Signal !

  - platform: command_line
    name: Wifi Signal
    command: 'iwconfig wlan0 |grep Signal|cut -d"=" -f3|cut -d" " -f1'
    unit_of_measurement: " dBm"
    value_template: '{{ value | round(1) }}'
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Command line is OS specific.

What have you tried that did not work satisfactorily? We are here to help those who at least try themselves.

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I’m using rasbian … so debian
I’m trying to use the command line sensor

I want the wifi strehgh / signal in the HA lovelace frontend.
I’m not skilled enough to just have the value for them to publish in the frontend

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Its working :slight_smile:

  - platform: command_line
    name: Wifi Signal
    command: 'iwconfig wlan0 |grep Signal|cut -d"=" -f3|cut -d" " -f1'
    unit_of_measurement: " dBm"
    value_template: '{{ value | round(1) }}'
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How to get this to work?
Looks like iwconfig isn’t available anymore in hass.
In buster it’s working

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Hi,
I’m using system info:
Distro…: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Kernel…: Linux 4.19.66-v7+
and iwconfig works fine …
do note that HASSIO is based on resin OS and not Debian .

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I’m on buster, iwconfig works but it’s not in hass docker

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sorry . I’m probably not getting it …
are you refering to docker instalation ? … i’m using rasbian … hassbian … not the docker version (HassIO)

but if it works for you , that’s good , right ?
is there any way to install it on docker ?

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That’s the question yes: is there any way to install it on docker ?

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Are you able to install ?

sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

dont have HASSIO … dont know if it works …

the mention to issues is just referring to Debian (not docker :frowning: )

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It’s installed but not available in docker, maybe some of the profs can give a hint

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I know the conversation here is old but have been working on this for a few days and came up with two sensors. Hope this helps.


- platform: command_line
  name: Wifi Level
  command: "grep 'wlan0' /proc/net/wireless | awk '{print $4}'"
  unit_of_measurement: "dBm"
  value_template: '{{ value | multiply(1) }}'
  
- platform: command_line
  name: Wifi Quality
  command: "grep 'wlan0' /proc/net/wireless | awk '{print $3}'"
  unit_of_measurement: "%"
  value_template: '{{ value | multiply(100) | float / 70 }}'
  scan_interval: 300
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well … to late for me … moved away from wireless months ago … I now have the raspberry PI directly connected via Port on router.
it increased the speed to ways I’m now possible to use some addons (eg: adGuard) that was unthinkable with WIFI …

BTW : I’m also on HassIO

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Hi! On my NUC with HassIO i recieve error:
grep /proc/net/wireless: No such file or directory

Do you happen to know how to solve this?

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Are you running on a wireless connection? I am running Home Assistant OS with wireless and can see the file…

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Yes, I running on a WiFi, i see received/sent statistic for WiFi adapter, but i don’t see this file :frowning:

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As suggestion, pls check this :slight_smile:
8 Linux Commands: To Find Out Wireless Network Speed, Signal Strength And Other Information - nixCraft (cyberciti.biz)

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I looked it up, almost all the commands are not available in HassOS. And in the end there is no result.

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yes, the lack of those commands in Hassio is something it cannot be contravened

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In Core 6.0 all work again :slight_smile:

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