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Can iwconfig performance metrics be obtained with iw?

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I understand iwconfig is deprecated and I should use iw instead. iwconfig returns some useful wifi performance KPIs:
wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"mynetwork"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:5.805 GHz  Access Point: [mac redacted]
          Bit Rate=65 Mb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=36/70  Signal level=-74 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:289  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
iw dev wlan0 link shows only the following KPIs:
Connected to [mac redacted] (on wlan0)
        SSID: mynetwork
        freq: 5805
        RX: 26639983 bytes (233840 packets)
        TX: 179162612 bytes (367250 packets)
        signal: -74 dBm
        rx bitrate: 234.0 MBit/s
        tx bitrate: 87.7 MBit/s

        bss flags:
        dtim period:    2
        beacon int:     100
iw dev wlan0 info only shows static hardware & configuration information about the connected network, there's no performance KPIs. Is there a way to get the Rx invalid nwid, Rx invalid crypt, Rx invalid frag, Tx excessive retries, Invalid misc, or Missed beacon counters with iw? If iw is not supposed to provide this information, is there a non-deprecated tool which *does* provide it?
Asked by Hydrargyrum (183 rep)
Apr 18, 2023, 01:03 PM