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If you are using a linux system, you can get the information by looking at /proc/net/wireless, or by running "iwlist scan". If you're running mac os, there's a command line program for doing wirelessy things - /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport You can scan for access points by running airport -s . This will give list the access points with their signal strength. Extra information is available if you run airport -s -x , which returns an xml .plist file. There is a man page. It's special. You might want to write extra code to automatically generate a critical ticket with the networking department if the signal strength drops below a justifiable-to-management level. NOC based monitoring may improve soon thereafter. Simon On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Tara Robertson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is there an automated way of monitoring (and notifying) when a wireless > network goes down? I'm looking for something like Nagios, but for wireless > (or can Nagios do this too?) > > > > I don't manage our network--our ITS department does. They seem to think > it's adequate that I'm the monitoring system but I'm finding this extremely > frustrating. > > Nagios can monitor *anything* so long as you can write a script that'll > get you some status back. > > If you have a command line way of getting signal strength for the network, > that'd likely be best, but you could also just test to see if you can ping > out on the right interface. > > -Joe >