hostapd_cli - hostapd command-line interface
hostapd_cli [-p<path>] [-i<ifname>] [-a<path>] [-hvB]
[command..]
This manual page documents briefly the
hostapd_cli utility.
hostapd_cli is a command-line interface for the
hostapd daemon.
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication
servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE
802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server. For more
information about
hostapd refer to the
hostapd(8) man page.
A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, run
hostapd_cli from the command line.
- -p<path>
- Path to find control sockets.
Default: /var/run/hostapd
- -i<ifname>
- Interface to listen on.
Default: first interface found in socket path.
- -a<path>
- Run in daemon mode executing the action file based on
events from hostapd.
- -B
- Run a daemon in the background.
- -h
- Show usage.
- -v
- Show hostapd_cli version.
A summary of commands is included below. For a complete description, run
hostapd_cli from the command line.
- mib
- Get MIB variables (dot1x, dot11, radius).
- sta <addr>
- Get MIB variables for one station.
- all_sta
- Get MIB variables for all stations.
- help
- Get usage help.
- interface [ifname]
- Show interfaces/select interface.
- level <debug level>
- Change debug level.
- license
- Show full hostapd_cli license.
- quit
- Exit hostapd_cli.
hostapd(8).
hostapd_cli was written by Jouni Malinen <
[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Faidon Liambotis <
[email protected]>, for the
Debian project (but may be used by others).