Public bug reported:
This is more of a wishlist than a bug
On iwconfig it would be usefull to show the channel number for example:
$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"1gid46vaylveagu59b3ks232h"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz (Ch:6) Access Point:
F8:D1:11:70:53:4E
Bit Rate=150 Mb/s Tx-Power=16 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=69/70 Signal level=-41 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:30 Missed beacon:0
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Rationale: End users set channel numbers not frequencies on their
access points. So it makes sense for this to be displayed either
instead of of as well as the frequency.
Say for example ypu have Wifi covering a wide area with multiple APs of
differnt channels. It is easier for user to see which AP they are
connected to. It's possible to find channel nuber from frequeny but
channel number more user frendly
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: wireless-tools 30~pre9-5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic-pae 3.2.28
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 8 07:18:32 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
(20120817.3)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: wireless-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: wireless-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise
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iwconfig -- wishlist -- report channel number
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