Section 1 · User commands

hostapd_cli.1

Package: hostapd

HOSTAPD_CLI

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMMANDS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

hostapd_cli − 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.

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).