Section 8 · System administration

iw.8

Package: iw

IW

NAME
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
IW - COMMAND SYNTAX
SEE ALSO

NAME

iw − show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration

SYNOPSIS

iw [ OPTIONS ] { help [ command ] | OBJECT COMMAND }

OBJECT := { dev | phy | reg }

OPTIONS := { —version | —debug }

OPTIONS

—version

print version information and exit.

—debug

enable netlink message debugging.

IW - COMMAND SYNTAX

OBJECT

**
dev <interface name>**

- network interface.

phy <phy name>

- wireless hardware device (by name).

phy#<phy index>

- wireless hardware device (by index).


	reg		- regulatory agent.

COMMAND

Specifies the action to perform on the object. The set of possible actions depends on the object type. iw help will print all supported commands, while iw help command will print the help for all matching commands.