1.\" $NetBSD: hostapd_cli.8,v 1.3 2014/03/18 18:20:36 riastradh Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 16.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 17.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 18.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 19.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 20.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 21.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 22.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 23.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 24.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 25.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/wpa/hostapd_cli/hostapd_cli.8,v 1.2 2005/06/27 06:40:43 ru Exp $ 28.\" 29.Dd June 16, 2005 30.Dt HOSTAPD_CLI 8 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm hostapd_cli 34.Nd text-based frontend program for interacting with 35.Xr hostapd 8 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm 38.Op Ar commands 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42utility 43is a text-based frontend program for interacting with 44.Xr hostapd 8 . 45It is used to query the current status. 46.Pp 47The 48.Nm 49utility 50can show the 51current authentication status, 52dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc. 53.Pp 54The 55.Nm 56utility 57supports two modes: interactive and command line. 58Both modes share the same command set. 59.Pp 60Interactive mode is started when 61.Nm 62is executed without any parameters on the command line. 63Commands are then entered from the controlling terminal in 64response to the 65.Nm 66prompt. 67In command line mode, the same commands are 68entered as command line arguments. 69.Sh COMMANDS 70The following commands may be supplied on the command line 71or at a prompt when operating interactively. 72.Bl -tag -width indent 73.It Ic mib 74Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface. 75.It Ic sta Ar addr 76Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC address 77.Ar addr . 78.It Ic all_sta 79Report the MIB variables for all associated stations. 80.It Ic help 81Show usage help. 82.It Ic interface Op Ar ifname 83Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface 84when multiple are available. 85.It Ic level Ar debug_level 86Change the debugging level in 87.Xr hostapd 8 . 88Larger numbers generate more messages. 89.It Ic license 90Display the full 91license for 92.Nm . 93.It Ic quit 94Exit 95.Nm . 96.El 97.Sh SEE ALSO 98.Xr hostapd.conf 5 , 99.Xr hostapd 8 100.Sh HISTORY 101The 102.Nm 103utility first appeared in 104.Nx 4.0 . 105.Sh AUTHORS 106The 107.Nm 108utility was written by 109.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt jkmaline@cc.hut.fi . 110This manual page is derived from the 111.Pa README 112file included in the 113.Nm hostapd 114distribution. 115