HOSTAPD_CLI(8) BSD System Manager's Manual HOSTAPD_CLI(8)NAMEhostapd_cli — text-based frontend program for interacting with hostapd(8)SYNOPSIShostapd_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 con‐
trolling 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 gener‐
ate more messages.
license
Display the full license for hostapd_cli.
quit Exit hostapd_cli.
SEE ALSOhostapd.conf(5), hostapd(8)HISTORY
The hostapd_cli utility first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.
AUTHORS
The hostapd_cli utility was written by Jouni Malinen ⟨j@w1.fi⟩. This
manual page is derived from the README file included in the hostapd dis‐
tribution.
BSD June 16, 2005 BSD
