diff -r 077fe1dc73d0 sys/src/cmd/stats.c
--- a/sys/src/cmd/stats.c	Fri Jan 22 10:57:43 2021 +0100
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/stats.c	Fri Jan 22 15:03:51 2021 -0800
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
 	char		buf[8*1024];
 	char		*bufp;
 	char		*ebufp;
+
+	/* for new wifi stack */
+	char		*essid;
 };
 
 enum
@@ -471,6 +474,76 @@
 }
 
 int
+readessid(Machine *m)
+{
+	char *p, *ep;
+	int l;
+
+	if(strncmp(m->bufp, "essid: ", 7) == 0){
+		p = m->bufp + 7;
+
+		for(ep=p; ep<m->ebufp; ep++)
+			if(*ep == '\n')
+				break;
+
+		if (m->essid != nil) {
+			free(m->essid);
+			m->essid = nil;
+		}
+
+		l = ep-p;
+		if (l == 0)
+			return 0;
+
+		m->essid = malloc(l+1);
+		if (m->essid == nil)
+			return 0;
+
+		m->essid[l] = '\0';
+		memcpy(m->essid, p, l);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+readrssi(Machine *m, uvlong *a)
+{
+	char *p, *e;
+	static uvlong last[5];
+	int i;
+
+	p = strstr(m->bufp, "status: ");
+	if (p == nil)
+		return 0;
+	p += 8;
+	if (strncmp(p, "associated", 10) != 0) {
+		a[0] = 0;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for(e = m->bufp; *e != '\n'; e++);
+	e = strstr(e, m->essid);
+	if (e == nil)
+		return 0;
+
+	for(p = e; p>m->bufp && *p != '\n'; p--);
+	if (p == m->bufp)
+		return 0;
+	p += 25;
+
+	memmove(&last[1], last, sizeof(uvlong) * 4);
+	last[0] = strtoull(p, &p, 12);
+	a[0] = 0;
+	for(i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+		a[0] += last[i];
+	a[0] = -(a[0] / 60) - 45; /* scale for wavelan type */
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int
 readswap(Machine *m, uvlong *a)
 {
 	static int xxx = 0;
@@ -615,7 +688,7 @@
 	m->ifstatsfd = open(buf, OREAD);
 	if(loadbuf(m, &m->ifstatsfd)){
 		/* need to check that this is a wavelan interface */
-		if(strncmp(m->buf, "Signal: ", 8) == 0 && readnums(m, nelem(m->netetherifstats), a, 1))
+		if((strncmp(m->buf, "Signal: ", 8) == 0 && readnums(m, nelem(m->netetherifstats), a, 1)) || (readessid(m) && readrssi(m, a)))
 			memmove(m->netetherifstats, a, sizeof m->netetherifstats);
 	}
 
@@ -752,7 +825,7 @@
 		memmove(m->prevetherstats, m->netetherstats, sizeof m->netetherstats);
 		memmove(m->netetherstats, a, sizeof m->netetherstats);
 	}
-	if(needsignal(init) && loadbuf(m, &m->ifstatsfd) && strncmp(m->buf, "Signal: ", 8)==0 && readnums(m, nelem(m->netetherifstats), a, 1)){
+	if(needsignal(init) && loadbuf(m, &m->ifstatsfd) && (strncmp(m->buf, "Signal: ", 8)==0 && readnums(m, nelem(m->netetherifstats), a, 1)) || (readessid(m) && readrssi(m, a))){
 		memmove(m->netetherifstats, a, sizeof m->netetherifstats);
 	}
 	if(needbattery(init)){