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