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33 .Nd text-based frontend program for interacting with
42 is a text-based frontend program for interacting with
44 It is used to query the current status.
50 current authentication status,
51 dot11 and dot1x MIBs, etc.
56 supports two modes: interactive and command line.
57 Both modes share the same command set.
59 Interactive mode is started when
61 is executed without any parameters on the command line.
62 Commands are then entered from the controlling terminal in
66 In command line mode, the same commands are
67 entered as command line arguments.
69 The following commands may be supplied on the command line
70 or at a prompt when operating interactively.
71 .Bl -tag -width indent
73 Report MIB variables (dot1x, dot11) for the current interface.
75 Report the MIB variables for the associated station with MAC address
78 Report the MIB variables for all associated stations.
81 .It Ic interface Op Ar ifname
82 Show available interfaces and/or set the current interface
83 when multiple are available.
84 .It Ic level Ar debug_level
85 Change the debugging level in
87 Larger numbers generate more messages.
102 utility first appeared in
107 utility was written by
108 .An Jouni Malinen Aq jkmaline@cc.hut.fi .
109 This manual page is derived from the