NAME
hostapd_cli – text-based frontend program for interacting with hostapd(8)
SYNOPSIS
hostapd_cli [commands]
DESCRIPTION
The hostapd_cli utility is a text-based frontend program for interacting with hostapd(8). It is used to query the current status.
The hostapd_cli utility can show the current authentication status, dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc.
The hostapd_cli utility supports two modes: interactive and command line. Both modes share the same command set.
Interactive mode is started when hostapd_cli is executed without any parameters on the command line. Commands are then entered from the controlling terminal in response to the hostapd_cli prompt. In command line mode, the same commands are entered as command line arguments.
COMMANDS
The following commands may be supplied on the command line or at a prompt when operating interactively.
- mib
-
Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface.
- sta addr
-
Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC address addr.
- all_sta
-
Report the MIB variables for all associated stations.
- help
-
Show usage help.
- interface [ifname]
-
Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface when multiple are available.
- level debug_level
-
Change the debugging level in hostapd(8). Larger numbers generate more messages.
- license
-
Display the full license for hostapd_cli.
- quit
-
Exit hostapd_cli.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The hostapd_cli utility first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.
AUTHORS
The hostapd_cli utility was written by Jouni Malinen ⟨[email protected]⟩. This manual page is derived from the README file included in the hostapd distribution.