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readme_content = """# 🔍 WiFi Device Scanner

A lightweight Bash tool to scan your Wi-Fi network and list all connected devices with details like IP address, MAC address, and vendor information. It also uses nmap to provide basic fingerprinting of each device.


✨ Features

  • Automatically detects your active Wi-Fi interface
  • Scans the local network for connected devices
  • Displays IP, MAC address, and vendor
  • Uses Nmap to detect device types and open ports
  • Easy to use — just run and get results

📦 Installation

⚙️ Requirements

Make sure you have the following tools installed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install arp-scan nmap net-tools -y

This script is tested on Kali Linux but should work on most Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions.

🚀 Usage

Clone this repository:

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git clone https://github.com/Flyzone84/wifi_device_scanner cd wifi-device-scanner

Make the script executable:

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chmod +x wifi_device_scanner.sh

Run the script with root privileges:

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sudo ./wifi_device_scanner.sh

You will see a list of devices connected to your Wi-Fi network, along with IP addresses, MAC addresses, vendor names, and device details detected by Nmap.

📁 Output

Displays live scan results in the terminal.

Optionally, results from arp-scan are stored temporarily in /tmp/arp_results.txt.

🔐 Note on Permissions

arp-scan and nmap require sudo privileges to access network hardware and perform scans properly.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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A simple and powerful Bash script that scans your Wi-Fi network and lists all connected devices using arp-scan and nmap, providing useful information like IP address, MAC address, vendor, and device type. Ideal for basic network audits and device tracking.

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