hostapd_cli

HOSTAPD_CLI(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual HOSTAPD_CLI(8)

NAME
hostapd_cli -- text-based frontend program for interacting with
hostapd(8)

SYNOPSIS
hostapd_cli [commands]

DESCRIPTION
The hostapd_cli utility is a text-based frontend program for interacting
with hostapd(8). It is used to query the current status.

The hostapd_cli utility can show the current authentication status, dot11
and dot1x MIBs, etc.

The hostapd_cli utility supports two modes: interactive and command line.
Both modes share the same command set.

Interactive mode is started when hostapd_cli is executed without any
parameters on the command line. Commands are then entered from the con-
trolling terminal in response to the hostapd_cli prompt. In command line
mode, the same commands are entered as command line arguments.

COMMANDS
The following commands may be supplied on the command line or at a prompt
when operating interactively.

mib Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface.

sta addr
Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC
address addr.

all_sta
Report the MIB variables for all associated stations.

help Show usage help.

interface [ifname]
Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface when
multiple are available.

level debug_level
Change the debugging level in hostapd(8). Larger numbers gener-
ate more messages.

license
Display the full license for hostapd_cli.

quit Exit hostapd_cli.

SEE ALSO
hostapd.conf(5), hostapd(8)

HISTORY
The hostapd_cli utility first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
The hostapd_cli utility was written by Jouni Malinen
<jkmalineATcc.fi>. This manual page is derived from the README file
included in the hostapd distribution.

FreeBSD 6.2 June 16, 2005 FreeBSD 6.2

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