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4 .TH IWSPY 8 "31 October 1996" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
9 iwspy \- Get wireless statistics from specific nodes
14 .BI "iwspy " interface
16 .BI "iwspy " interface " [+] " IPADDR " | hw " HWADDR " [...]"
18 .BI "iwspy " interface " off"
24 is used to set a list of addresses in a wireless network interface and
25 to read back quality of link information for each of those. This
26 information is the same as the one available in
28 : quality of the link, signal strength and noise level.
30 This information is updated each time a new packet is received, so
31 each address of the list add some overhead in the driver.
36 You may set any number of addresses up to 8.
39 Set an IP address. As the hardware work with hardware addresses,
41 will translate this address through
43 In some case, this address might not be in the ARP cache and
45 will fail. In those case,
47 this address and retry.
50 Set a hardware (MAC) address (this address is not translated & checked
54 Add the new set of addresses at the end of the current list instead of
55 replacing it. The address list is unique for each device, so each user
56 should use this option to avoid conflicts.
59 Remove the current list of addresses and disable the functionality