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 controlling 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 generate more messages.
- license
-
Display the full
license for
.
- quit
-
Exit
.
SEE ALSO
hostapd.conf(5),
hostapd(8)
HISTORY
The
hostapd_cli
utility first appeared in
NetBSD4.0.
AUTHORS
The
hostapd_cli
utility was written by
Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>
.
This manual page is derived from the
README
file included in the
hostapd
distribution.