diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4ad5d491..a65afe03 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ byobu (5.81) unreleased; urgency=medium
   * debian/control, usr/bin/ctail, usr/share/man/man1/ctail.1:
     - move the ctail command over to byobu, from bikeshed
     - ctail will tail and colorize log files
+  * debian/control, usr/bin/wifi-status, usr/share/man/man1/wifi-
+    status.1:
+    - move the wifi-status command to byobu, from bikeshed
+    - fantastic demonstration of byobu split screens
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:36:59 -0700
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5adc2485..17f5d15e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Suggests:
  ttf-ubuntu-font-family (>= 0.80-0ubuntu1~medium),
  update-notifier-common,
  vim,
- w3m
+ w3m,
+ wireless-tools
 Provides:
  screen-profiles,
  screen-profiles-extras,
diff --git a/usr/bin/wifi-status b/usr/bin/wifi-status
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2fd64953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/bin/wifi-status
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    wifi-status - monitor a wireless network connection
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2003-2014 Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+#
+#    Authors:
+#        Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+	dev=$(iwconfig 2>/dev/null | grep '802.11' | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1}') 
+else
+	dev="$1"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TMUX" ]; then
+	watch -n1 "iwconfig $dev; ifconfig $dev; route -n; echo; (grep $dev: /var/log/syslog | tail -n 10 | sort -r); echo; ping -I $dev -c 1 8.8.8.8"
+else
+	tmux new-window -n wifi-status "watch -c iwconfig $dev \| ccze -A" \; \
+		split-window -v "watch -c ifconfig $dev \| ccze -A" \; \
+		split-window -v "watch -c route -n \| ccze -A" \; \
+		split-window -h "ping -I $dev 8.8.8.8" \; \
+		split-window -v "watch -c grep $dev: /var/log/syslog \| tail -n 10 \| sort -r \| ccze -A" \; \
+		select-layout tiled
+fi
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b52688c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.TH wifi-status 1 "27 Sep 2010" byobu "byobu"
+.SH NAME
+wifi-status \- monitor the wireless interface
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBwifi-status\fP [INTERFACE]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBwifi-status\fP is a program that monitors a wireless interface.
+
+This is often useful when trying to associate with an access point.
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+ $ wifi-status
+
+Every 1.0s: iwconfig wlan0; ifconfig wlan0
+
+wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:"default"
+          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:11:22:33:44:55
+          Bit Rate=81 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm
+          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
+          Power Management:on
+          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-35 dBm
+          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
+          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
+
+wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55
+          inet addr:10.10.10.103  Bcast:10.9.8.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
+          inet6 addr: aaaa::bbb:cccc:dddd:eeee/64 Scope:Link
+          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
+          RX packets:10582 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
+          TX packets:6383 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
+          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
+          RX bytes:8243607 (8.2 MB)  TX bytes:1077323 (1.0 MB)
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBiwconfig\fP(8)\fP, \fBifconfig\fP(8)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manpage and the utility was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at \fIhttp://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt\fP.