hostapd_cli - Man Page
hostapd command-line interface
Synopsis
hostapd_cli [-p<path>] [-i<ifname>] [-a<path>] [-hvB] [command..]
Description
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.
Options
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.
Commands
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.
See Also
Author
hostapd_cli was written by Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>.
This manual page was written by Faidon Liambotis <faidon@cube.gr>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).