X-Git-Url: http://git.osdn.net/view?p=android-x86%2Fexternal-wireless-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=wireless_tools%2Fiwlist.8;h=2f0020e9e81ae824f1dc18b98fbce6e7f2f31b41;hp=7b3de738252f2605108a1fe9f733e84622240bab;hb=c7b2e81e6d53daac413a19d5446ab68b8395c849;hpb=9ec0f62f146639f364238cbb7821ca47222e3bb9 diff --git a/wireless_tools/iwlist.8 b/wireless_tools/iwlist.8 index 7b3de73..2f0020e 100644 --- a/wireless_tools/iwlist.8 +++ b/wireless_tools/iwlist.8 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Jean II - HPLB - 96 .\" iwlist.8 .\" -.TH IWLIST 8 "23 June 2004" "wireless-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH IWLIST 8 "13 April 2006" "wireless-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .\" .\" NAME part .\" @@ -11,21 +11,29 @@ iwlist \- Get more detailed wireless information from a wireless interface .\" SYNOPSIS part .\" .SH SYNOPSIS -.BI "iwlist " interface " scanning" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] scanning" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " frequency" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] frequency" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " rate" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] rate" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " key" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] keys" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " power" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] power" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " txpower" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] txpower" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " retry" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] retry" .br -.BI "iwlist " interface " event" +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] event" +.br +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] auth" +.br +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] wpakeys" +.br +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] genie" +.br +.BI "iwlist [" interface "] modulation" .br .BI "iwlist --help" .br @@ -58,10 +66,15 @@ the card supports. Triggering scanning is a privileged operation .RI ( root only) and normal users can only read left-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. +default, the way scanning is done (the scope of the scan) is dependant +on the card and card settings. +.br +This command take optional arguments, however most drivers will ignore +those. The option +.B essid +is used to specify a scan on a specific ESSID. The option +.B last +do not trigger a scan and read left-over scan results. .TP .BR freq [uency]/ channel Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of @@ -73,9 +86,9 @@ displayed and channel numbers. .BR rate / bit [rate] List the bit-rates supported by the device. .TP -.BR key / enc [ryption] -List the encryption key sizes supported and display all the encryption -keys available in the device. +.BR keys / enc [ryption] +List the encryption key sizes supported and list all the encryption +keys set in the device. .TP .B power List the various Power Management attributes and modes of the device. @@ -100,10 +113,27 @@ the card. See your driver documentation for details. .B event List the wireless events supported by the device. .TP +.B auth +List the WPA authentication parametes curently set. +.TP +.BR wpa [keys] +List all the WPA encryption keys set in the device. +.TP +.B genie +List the Generic Information Elements set in the device (used for WPA +support). +.TP +.BR modu [lation] +List the modulations supported by the device and the modulations +currently enabled. +.TP .B --version Display the version of the tools, as well as the recommended and current Wireless Extensions version for the tool and the various wireless interfaces. +.TP +.B --help +Display short help message. .\" .\" FILES part .\"