1.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.Dd June 16, 2005 26.Dt HOSTAPD_CLI 8 27.Os 28.Sh NAME 29.Nm hostapd_cli 30.Nd text-based frontend program for interacting with 31.Xr hostapd 8 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Nm 34.Op Ar commands 35.Sh DESCRIPTION 36The 37.Nm 38utility 39is a text-based frontend program for interacting with 40.Xr hostapd 8 . 41It is used to query the current status. 42.Pp 43The 44.Nm 45utility 46can show the 47current authentication status, 48dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc. 49.Pp 50The 51.Nm 52utility 53supports two modes: interactive and command line. 54Both modes share the same command set. 55.Pp 56Interactive mode is started when 57.Nm 58is executed without any parameters on the command line. 59Commands are then entered from the controlling terminal in 60response to the 61.Nm 62prompt. 63In command line mode, the same commands are 64entered as command line arguments. 65.Sh COMMANDS 66The following commands may be supplied on the command line 67or at a prompt when operating interactively. 68.Bl -tag -width indent 69.It Ic mib 70Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface. 71.It Ic sta Ar addr 72Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC address 73.Ar addr . 74.It Ic all_sta 75Report the MIB variables for all associated stations. 76.It Ic help 77Show usage help. 78.It Ic interface Op Ar ifname 79Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface 80when multiple are available. 81.It Ic level Ar debug_level 82Change the debugging level in 83.Xr hostapd 8 . 84Larger numbers generate more messages. 85.It Ic license 86Display the full 87license for 88.Nm . 89.It Ic quit 90Exit 91.Nm . 92.El 93.Sh SEE ALSO 94.Xr hostapd.conf 5 , 95.Xr hostapd 8 96.Sh HISTORY 97The 98.Nm 99utility first appeared in 100.Fx 6.0 . 101.Sh AUTHORS 102The 103.Nm 104utility was written by 105.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt j@w1.fi . 106This manual page is derived from the 107.Pa README 108file included in the 109.Nm hostapd 110distribution. 111