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1 office 1 .\" Jean II - HPLB - 96
2 .\" iwpriv.8
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4 .TH IWPRIV 8 "31 October 1996" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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6 .\" NAME part
7 .\"
8 .SH NAME
9 iwpriv \- configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless
10 network interface
11 .\"
12 .\" SYNOPSIS part
13 .\"
14 .SH SYNOPSIS
15 .BI "iwpriv [" interface ]
16 .br
17 .BI "iwpriv " "interface private-command " "[" private-parameters ]
18 .br
19 .BI "iwpriv " "interface private-command " [ I "] [" private-parameters ]
20 .br
21 .BI "iwpriv " interface " --all"
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23 .\" DESCRIPTION part
24 .\"
25 .SH DESCRIPTION
26 .B Iwpriv
27 is the companion tool to
28 .IR iwconfig (8).
29 .B Iwpriv
30 deals with parameters and setting specific to each driver (as opposed to
31 .I iwconfig
32 which deals with generic ones).
33 .PP
34 Without any argument,
35 .B iwpriv
36 list the available private commands available on each interface, and
37 the parameters that they require. Using this information, the user may
38 apply those interface specific commands on the specified interface.
39 .PP
40 In theory, the documentation of each device driver should indicate how
41 to use those interface specific commands and their effect.
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43 .\" PARAMETER part
44 .\"
45 .SH PARAMETERS
46 .TP
47 .IR private-command " [" private-parameters ]
48 Execute the specified
49 .I private-command
50 on the interface.
51 .br
52 The command may optionally take or require arguments, and may display
53 information. Therefore, the command line parameters may or may not be
54 needed and should match the command expectations. The list of commands
55 that
56 .B iwpriv
57 displays (when called without argument) should give you some hints
58 about those parameters.
59 .br
60 However you should refer to the device driver documentation for
61 information on how to properly use the command and the effect.
62 .TP
63 .IR "private-command " [ I "] [" private-parameters ]
64 Idem, except that
65 .I I
66 (an integer) is passed to the command as a
67 .IR "Token Index" .
68 Only some command will use the Token Index (most will ignore it), and
69 the driver documentation should tell you when it's needed.
70 .TP
71 .BR -a / --all
72 Execute and display all the private commands that don't take any
73 arguments (i.e. read only).
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75 .\" DISPLAY part
76 .\"
77 .SH DISPLAY
78 For each device which support private commands,
79 .I iwpriv
80 will display the list of private commands available.
81 .PP
82 This include the name of the private command, the number or arguments
83 that may be set and their type, and the number or arguments that may
84 be display and their type.
85 .PP
86 For example, you may have the following display :
87 .br
88 .B "eth0 Available private ioctl :"
89 .br
90 .B " setqualthr (89F0) : set 1 byte & get 0"
91 .br
92 .B " gethisto (89F7) : set 0 & get 16 int"
93 .PP
94 This indicate that you may set the quality threshold and display an
95 histogram of up to 16 values with the following commands :
96 .br
97 .I " iwpriv eth0 setqualthr 20"
98 .br
99 .I " iwpriv eth0 gethisto"
100 .\"
101 .\" AUTHOR part
102 .\"
103 .SH AUTHOR
104 Jean Tourrilhes \- jt@hpl.hp.com
105 .\"
106 .\" FILES part
107 .\"
108 .SH FILES
109 .I /proc/net/wireless
110 .\"
111 .\" SEE ALSO part
112 .\"
113 .SH SEE ALSO
114 .BR iwconfig (8),
115 .BR iwlist (8),
116 .BR iwevent (8),
117 .BR iwspy (8),
118 .BR wireless (7).