v25

[android-x86/external-wireless-tools.git] / wireless_tools / iwgetid.8

diff --git a/wireless_tools/iwgetid.8 b/wireless_tools/iwgetid.8
index 323ce8c..30c8890 100644 (file)
--- a/wireless_tools/iwgetid.8
+++ b/wireless_tools/iwgetid.8
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ iwgetid \- Report ESSID, NWID or AP/Cell Address of wireless network
 .\" SYNOPSIS part
 .\"
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .\" SYNOPSIS part
 .\"
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-.BI "iwgetid " [interface] " [--scheme] [--ap]"
+.BI "iwgetid " [interface] " [--scheme] [--ap] [--freq] [--mode]"
+.br
+.BI "                   [--protocol]

 .br
 .\"
 .\" DESCRIPTION part
 .br
 .\"
 .\" DESCRIPTION part


@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ ESSID (or NWID, or AP Address) is printed. Also, characters that are
 not alphanumerics (like space, punctuation and control characters) are
 skipped.
 .br
 not alphanumerics (like space, punctuation and control characters) are
 skipped.
 .br

-The resulting output is a valid Pcmcia scheme identifier (that may be used as an argument of the command
+The resulting output is a valid Pcmcia scheme identifier (that may be
+used as an argument of the command

 .BR "cardctl scheme" ).
 This format is also ideal when using the result of iwgetid as a
 variable in
 .BR "cardctl scheme" ).
 This format is also ideal when using the result of iwgetid as a
 variable in


@@ -57,6 +60,30 @@ Display the MAC address of the Wireless
 .I Access Point
 or the
 .IR Cell .
 .I Access Point
 or the
 .IR Cell .

+.TP
+.B --freq
+Display the current
+.I frequency
+or
+.I channel
+used by the interface.
+.TP
+.B --mode
+Display the current
+.I mode
+of the interface.
+.TP
+.B --protocol
+Display the
+.I protocol name
+of the interface. This allow to identify all the cards that are
+compatible with each other and accept the same type of
+configuration.
+.br
+This can also be used to
+.I check Wireless Extension support
+on the interface, as this is the only attribute that all drivers
+supporting Wireless Extension are mandated to support.

 .\"
 .\" SEE ALSO part
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" SEE ALSO part
 .\"