Wlan information in mono on linux

I am working on a project that will run on a small linux platform. All applications on the system must be written in c# that will be executed via mono. But that is causing me some problems with the network information port. All the examples I have been able to find on the topic on the internet is for .net, and it seems that the WlanInterface module is not implemented in mono开发者_Python百科.

So the simple question is then, how do I get information such as ssid, rssi, available APs, and its like in mono on linux? Is there a simple way, or do I have to write a service object in e.g. c++ or java to get the information?

damn, not what I was hoping to hear :)

Anyway, I found another solution I will try to pursue. Since the machine has got gnome on it, hijacking the information from the network manager via dbus could be the solution. This might also be a good idea, since I would like to receive an event when connection is lost.

I would still like to hear comments both on this idea, MarkR's idea and any other alternatives.

You can invoke the command line utilities and parse their output via a pipe or something e.g.

iwconfig
iwlist

etc which will ship with a wifi-enabled Linux system.