/usr/lib/inet/wpad [-i interface] [-k pre_shared_key_name]

The wpad daemon provides common client functionality for the WiFi Protected Access (WPA) versions 1 and 2, as defined by IEEE802.11i standard. WPA was created by the WiFi Alliance, an industry trade group. WPA implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and was intended as an intermediate measure to take the place of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) while 802.11i was prepared. WPA2 implements the full standard.

wpad provides the following WPA/IEEE 802.11i features:

Stop and start the wpad daemon using dladm(1M). Use:

# dladm connect-wifi

...to start the wpad daemon. Use:

# dladm disconnect-wifi

...to stop the daemon.

The following options are supported:

-i interface

-k pre_shared_key_name

Example 1 Starting the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link

To create the WPA key psk, enter the following command:

# dladm create-secobj -c wpa psk

To use key psk to connect to ESSID wlan on link ath0, enter the following command:

# dladm connect-wifi -k psk -e wlan ath0

Example 2 Stopping the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link

To stop the daemon on the link ath0, enter:

# dladm disconnect-wifi ath0

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

svcs(1), dladm(1M), svcadm(1M), attributes(5), smf(5)

The wpad service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

svc:/network/wpa:<link>

Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.