IWPRIV(8)		  Linux Programmer's Manual		    IWPRIV(8)



NAME
       iwpriv  -  configure optionals (private) parameters of a wireless net-
       work interface

SYNOPSIS
       iwpriv [interface]
       iwpriv interface private-command [private-parameters]
       iwpriv interface private-command [I] [private-parameters]
       iwpriv interface --all
       iwpriv interface roam {on,off}
       iwpriv interface port {ad-hoc,managed,N}

DESCRIPTION
       Iwpriv is the companion tool to iwconfig(8).  Iwpriv deals with param-
       eters  and  setting  specific  to  each driver (as opposed to iwconfig
       which deals with generic ones).

       Without any argument,  iwpriv  list  the	 available  private  commands
       available  on  each  interface,	and the parameters that they require.
       Using this information, the user may apply  those  interface  specific
       commands on the specified interface.

       In theory, the documentation of each device driver should indicate how
       to use those interface specific commands and their effect.

PARAMETERS
       private-command [private-parameters]
	      Execute the specified private-command on the interface.
	      The command may optionally take or require arguments,  and  may
	      display information. Therefore, the command line parameters may
	      or may not be needed and should match the command expectations.
	      The  list of commands that iwpriv displays (when called without
	      argument) should give you some hints about those parameters.
	      However you should refer to the device driver documentation for
	      information  on how to properly use the command and the effect.

       private-command [I] [ private-parameters ]
	      Idem, except that I (an integer) is passed to the command as  a
	      Token  Index.  Only some command will use the Token Index (most
	      will ignore it), and the driver documentation should  tell  you
	      when it's needed.

       -a/--all
	      Execute  and  display  all the private commands that don't take
	      any arguments (i.e.  read only).

       roam   Enable or disable roaming, if supported. Call the private	 com-
	      mand setroam.  Found in the wavelan_cs driver.

       port   Read  or	configure  the	port  type. Call the private commands
	      gport_type, sport_type, get_port or set_port found in the wave-
	      lan2_cs and wvlan_cs drivers.

DISPLAY
       For  each  device  which support private commands, iwpriv will display
       the list of private commands available.

       This include the name of the private command, the number or  arguments
       that  may  be set and their type, and the number or arguments that may
       be display and their type.

       For example, you may have the following display :
       eth0	 Available private ioctl :
		 setqualthr (89F0) : set   1 byte & get	  0
		 gethisto (89F7) : set	 0	& get  16 int

       This indicate that you may set the quality threshold  and  display  an
       histogram of up to 16 values with the following commands :
	 iwpriv eth0 setqualthr 20
	 iwpriv eth0 gethisto

AUTHOR
       Jean Tourrilhes - jt@hpl.hp.com

FILES
       /proc/net/wireless

SEE ALSO
       iwconfig(8), iwlist(8), iwevent(8), iwspy(8), wireless(7).



net-tools		       31 October 1996			    IWPRIV(8)

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