How to get the details of available wireless networks

To scan your eth1 network interface for the details of available wireless networks, run the following...

iwlist eth1 scan

Should give you an output something like this:

eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:7F:40:20:4A
                    ESSID:"SpeedTouch6A2A8C"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=64/100  Signal level=-62 dBm  
                    Extra: Last beacon: 6550ms ago
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:11:09:0C:4F:D7
                    ESSID:"LUFC"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                              6 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=39/100  Signal level=-77 dBm  
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP 
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP 
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP 
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP 
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
                    Extra: Last beacon: 6360ms ago
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:18:4D:40:22:32
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=51/100  Signal level=-70 dBm  
                    Extra: Last beacon: 6350ms ago
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:A0:C5:DB:5E:4D
                    ESSID:"whisper"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:1
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=86/100  Signal level=-43 dBm  
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP 
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP 
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
                    Extra: Last beacon: 160ms ago

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