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.Dd June 16, 2005
.Dt HOSTAPD_CLI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hostapd_cli
.Nd text-based frontend program for interacting with
.Xr hostapd 8
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar commands
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility
is a text-based frontend program for interacting with
.Xr hostapd 8 .
It is used to query the current status.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility
can show the
current authentication status,
dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility
supports two modes: interactive and command line.
Both modes share the same command set.
.Pp
Interactive mode is started when
.Nm
is executed without any parameters on the command line.
Commands are then entered from the controlling terminal in
response to the
.Nm
prompt.
In command line mode, the same commands are
entered as command line arguments.
.Sh COMMANDS
The following commands may be supplied on the command line
or at a prompt when operating interactively.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ic mib
Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface.
.It Ic sta Ar addr
Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC address
.Ar addr .
.It Ic all_sta
Report the MIB variables for all associated stations.
.It Ic help
Show usage help.
.It Ic interface Op Ar ifname
Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface
when multiple are available.
.It Ic level Ar debug_level
Change the debugging level in
.Xr hostapd 8 .
Larger numbers generate more messages.
.It Ic license
Display the full
license for
.Nm .
.It Ic quit
Exit
.Nm .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hostapd.conf 5 ,
.Xr hostapd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 4.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Jouni Malinen Aq Mt jkmaline@cc.hut.fi .
This manual page is derived from the
.Pa README
file included in the
.Nm hostapd
distribution.