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.BI "iwlist " interface " ap"
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+.BI "iwlist " interface " scan"
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.BI "iwlist " interface " rate"
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-.BI "iwlist " interface " keys"
+.BI "iwlist " interface " key"
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.BI "iwlist " interface " power"
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.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
-.B freq
+.BR freq / channel
Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of
defined channels. Please note that usually the driver returns the
total number of channels and only the frequencies available in the
present locale, so there is no one to one mapping between frequencies
displayed and channel numbers.
.TP
-.B ap
+.BR ap / accesspoint
Give the list of Access Points in range, and optionally the quality of
-link to them.
+link to them. This feature is obsolte and now deprecated in favor of
+scanning support (below), and it will disappear in the future.
+.TP
+.BR scan [ning]
+Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells in range, and
+optionally a whole bunch of information about them (ESSID, Quality,
+Frequency, Mode...). The type of information returned depend on what
+the card support.
+.br
+Triggering scanning is a priviledged operation
+.RI ( root
+only) and normal users can only read letf-over scan results. By
+default, the way scanning is done (the scope of the scan) will be
+impacted by the current setting of the driver. Also, this command is
+supposed to take extra arguments to control the scanning behaviour,
+but this is currently not implemented.
.TP
.BR rate / bit [rate]
List the bit-rates supported by the device.
.TP
-.BR keys / enc [ryption]
+.BR key / enc [ryption]
List the encryption key sizes supported and display all the encryption
keys availables in the device.
.TP
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