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90018b6f | 1 | .TH IW 8 "7 June 2012" "iw" "Linux" |
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2 | .SH NAME |
3 | iw \- show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration | |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 | ||
6 | .ad l | |
7 | .in +8 | |
8 | .ti -8 | |
585e62cb | 9 | .B iw |
c551449a | 10 | .RI [ " OPTIONS " ] " " { " |
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11 | .BR help " [ " |
12 | .RI ""command " ]" | |
13 | .BR "|" | |
917ce73f | 14 | .RI ""OBJECT " " COMMAND " }" |
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15 | .sp |
16 | ||
17 | .ti -8 | |
18 | .IR OBJECT " := { " | |
19 | .BR dev " | " phy " | " reg " }" | |
20 | .sp | |
21 | ||
22 | .ti -8 | |
917ce73f | 23 | .IR OPTIONS " := { --version | --debug }" |
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24 | |
25 | .SH OPTIONS | |
26 | ||
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27 | .TP |
28 | .BR " --version" | |
29 | print version information and exit. | |
30 | ||
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31 | .TP |
32 | .BR " --debug" | |
33 | enable netlink message debugging. | |
34 | ||
35 | .SH IW - COMMAND SYNTAX | |
36 | ||
37 | .SS | |
38 | .I OBJECT | |
39 | ||
40 | .TP | |
917ce73f | 41 | .B dev <interface name> |
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42 | - network interface. |
43 | ||
44 | .TP | |
917ce73f | 45 | .B phy <phy name> |
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46 | - wireless hardware device (by name). |
47 | .TP | |
48 | .B phy#<phy index> | |
49 | - wireless hardware device (by index). | |
a158b977 | 50 | |
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51 | .TP |
52 | .B reg | |
53 | - regulatory agent. | |
54 | ||
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55 | .SS |
56 | .I COMMAND | |
57 | ||
58 | Specifies the action to perform on the object. | |
59 | The set of possible actions depends on the object type. | |
60 | .B iw help | |
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61 | will print all supported commands, while |
62 | .B iw help command | |
63 | will print the help for all matching commands. | |
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64 | |
65 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
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66 | .BR ip (8), |
67 | .BR crda (8), | |
68 | .BR regdbdump (8), | |
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69 | .BR regulatory.bin (5) |
70 | ||
71 | .BR http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw |