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Command
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Description and Arguments
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aciargs
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Get/Set various aci tuning parameters. Choices are:
enter - CRS glitch trigger level to start detecting ACIexit - CRS glitch trigger level to exit ACI modeglitch - Seconds interval between ACI scans when glitchcount is continuously highspin - Number in microseconds to delay between RSSI samples
Syntax: wl aciargs [enter x][exit x][spin x][glitch x]
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add_ie
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Add a vendor proprietary IE to 802.11 management packets
Syntax: wl add_ie <pktflag> length OUI hexdata
<pktflag>:
Bit 0 - Beacons
Bit 1 - Probe Rsp
Bit 2 - Assoc/Reassoc Rsp
Bit 3 - Auth Rsp
Example:
wl add_ie 3 10 00:90:4C 0101050c121a03
adds this IE to beacons and probe responses
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addwep
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Set an encryption key. The key must be 5, 13 or 16 bytes long, or 10, 26, 32, or 64 hex digits long. The encryption algorithm is automatically selected based on the key size. keytype is accepted only when key length is 16 bytes/32 hex digits and specifies whether AES-OCB or AES-CCM encryption is used.
Default is ccm.
addwep <keyindex> <keydata> [ocb|ccm] [notx] [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx]
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aes
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Set AES options.
wl aes [options]
The options are:
[on|enable|1] enables AES
[off|disable|0] disables AES
[sw|software] performs AES in software
[hw|hardware] performs AES in hardware
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a_mrate
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Force a fixed multicast rate for the A PHY:
- For 802.11a, valid values are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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antdiv
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Set antenna diversity for rx:
- 0
- force use of antenna 0
- 1 - force use of antenna 1
- 3 - automatic selection of antenna diversity
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ap
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Set Access Point (AP) mode:
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a_rate
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Force a fixed rate for the A PHY:
- For 802.11a, valid values are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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assoc
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Print information about current network association (also known as "status").
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assoclist
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AP only: Get the list of associated MAC addresses.
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atten
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Set the transmit attenuation for B band. Arguments: bb radio txctl1.
auto to revert to automatic control
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authe_sta_list
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Get authenticated STA's MAC address list
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authorize
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Restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds.
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band
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Returns or sets the current band
auto - auto switch between available bands (default)a - force use of 802.11a bandb - force use of 802.11b band |
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bands
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Return the list of available 802.11 bands.
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bg_mrate
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Force a fixed multicast rate for the B/G PHY:
- For 802.11b, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 11)
- For 802.11g, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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bg_rate
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Force a fixed rate for the B/G PHY:
- For 802.11b, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 11)
- For 802.11g, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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bi
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Get/Set the Beacon period ( bi stands for " Beacon interval")
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bssid
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Get the BSSID value, error if STA and not associated.
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cap
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Driver capabilities
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chan_info
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Channel information.
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chanlist
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Return valid channels for the current settings.
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channel
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Set the channel:
For 802.11b/g (2.4GHz band), valid channels are 1 through 14
For 802.11a (5 GHz band), valid channels are:
36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64,
100, 104, 108, 112, 116,120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140,
149, 153, 157, 161,
184, 188, 192, 196, 200, 204, 208, 212, 216
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channel_qa
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Get last channel quality measurment
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channel_qa_start
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Start a channel quality measurment
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channels
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Return valid channels for the current settings.
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channels_in_country
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Return valid channels for the country specified.
- Argument 1 is the country abbreviation
- Argument 2 is the band (a or b)
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clk
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Set board clock state. Return error for set_clk attempt if the driver is not down
- 0 sets clock off
- 1 sets clock on
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cmds
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Generate a short list of available commands.
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constraint
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Send an 802.11h Power Constraint IE
Syntax: wl constraint 1-255 db
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country
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Select Country code for use with 802.11d.
Use either long name or abbreviation from ISO 3166.
Use "wl country list [band(a or b)]" for the list of supported countries
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crsuprs
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Manufacturing test: set carrier suppression mode.
Syntax is: crsuprs <channel>
Valid argument is a channel number 1-14, or 0 to stop the test.
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csa
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Send an 802.11h channel switch anouncement
Syntax: wl csa <mode> <WhenInTBTTs> <channel>
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curpower
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Return current tx power settings
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cwmax
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Set the cwmax. (integer [256, 2047])
cwmax is the Maximum Contention Window for QoS priotizations. The value specified in cwmax is the upper limit (in milliseconds) for the doubling of the random backoff value. This doubling continues until either the data frame is sent or the cwmax size is reached.
Once cwmax size is reached, retries will continue until a maximum number of retries allowed is reached.
The value for cwmax must be greater than or equal to the value for "cwmin". (cwmax >= cwmin)
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cwmin
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Set the cwmin. (integer [1, 255])
cwmin is the size of the Minimum Contention Window QoS priotizations. This parameter is input to the algorithm that determines the initial random backoff wait time ("window") for retry of a transmission. The value specified for cwmin is the upper limit (in milliseconds) of a range from which the initial random backoff wait time is determined.
The first random number generated will be a number between 0 and the number specified here.
If the first random backoff wait time expires before the data frame is sent, a retry counter is incremented and the random backoff value (window) is doubled. Doubling will continue until the size of the random backoff value reaches the number defined for cwmax.
The value for cwmin must be lower than the value for "cwmax". (cwmin < cwmax)
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deauthenticate
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Deauthenticate a STA from the Access Point with optional reason code (AP ONLY)
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deauthorize
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Do not restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds.
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del_ie
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Delete a vendor proprietary IE from 802.11 management packets
Syntax: wl del_ie <pktflag> length OUI hexdata
<pktflag>:
Bit 0 - Beacons
Bit 1 - Probe Rsp
Bit 2 - Assoc/Reassoc Rsp
Bit 3 - Auth Rsp
Example: wl del_ie 3 10 00:90:4C 0101050c121a03
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disassoc
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Disassociate from the current BSS/IBSS.
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down
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Reset and mark adapter down (disabled).
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dtim
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Get/Set Delivery Traffic Information Map ( DTIM)
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dump
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Print driver software state and chip registers to stdout.
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eap
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Restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds:
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evm
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Start an EVM test on the given channel, or stop EVM test.
- Argument 1 is channel number 1-14, or "off" or 0 to stop the test.
- Argument 2 is optional rate (1, 2, 5.5 or 11)
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fasttimer
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Get/Set High frequency watchdog timeout (tx_power) [15 sec]
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fqacurcy
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Manufacturing test: set frequency accuracy mode.
Syntax is: fqacurcy <channel>
Valid argument is a channel numbers 1-14, or 0 to stop the test.
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frag
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Set the fragmentation threshhold. (integer [256, 2346])
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frameburst
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Disable/Enable frameburst mode.
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glacialtimer
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Get/Set Very Low frequency watchdog timeout (measurelo) [120 sec]
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gmode
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Set the 54g Mode.
The syntax and options are:
gmode [LegacyB|Auto||GOnly|BDeferred|Performance|LRS]
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gmode_protection
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Get G protection mode:
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gmode_protection_control
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Get/Set 11g protection mode control algorithm. The options are:
- 0 - always off
- 1 - monitor local association
- 2 - monitor overlapping BSS)
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gmode_protection_cts
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Get/Set 11g protection type to CTS:
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gmode_protection_override
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Get/Set 11g protection mode override:
- -1 - auto
- 0 - disable
- 1 - enable
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ignore_bcns
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AP only (G mode): Check for beacons without NONERP element.
- 0 - Examine beacons
- 1 - Ignore beacons
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infra
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Set Infrastructure mode:
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int
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Interrupt Test.
Remember to precede by "wl down" and follow by "wl up"
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interference
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Get/Set interference mitigation mode. Choices are:
- 0 - none
- 1 - non wlan
- 2 - wlan manual
- 3 - wlan automatic
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isup
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Get driver operational state:
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join
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Join a specified network SSID.
Join syntax is:
join <ssid> [key xxxxx] [imode bss|ibss] [amode open|shared|wpa|wpapsk|wpanone]
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keys
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Prints a list of the current WEP keys
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lazywds
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Set or get "lazy" WDS mode (dynamically grant WDS membership to anyone).
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lbt
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Loopback Test.
Remember to precede by "wl down" and follow by "wl up"
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leap
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Set parameters for LEAP authentication:
leap <ssid> <username> <password> [domain]
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legacy_erp
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Get/Set 11g legacy ERP inclusion:
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list_ie
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Dump the list of vendor proprietary IEs
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locale
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OBSOLETE: use "wl country"
Select the country:
Worldwide
Thailand
Israel
Jordan
China
Japan
USA/Canada/ANZ
Europe
USAlow
JapanHigh
All
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lrl
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Set the long retry limit. (integer [1, 255])
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mac
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Set or get the list of source MAC address matches.
wl mac xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ...]
To Clear the list: wl mac none
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macmode
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Set the mode of the MAC list:
- 0 - Disable MAC address matching.
- 1 - Deny association to stations on the MAC list.
- 2 - Allow association to stations on the MAC list.
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macreg
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Get/Set any MAC registers (include IHR and SB) macreg offset size[2,4] [value]
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malloc_dump
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Debug malloc information.
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measure_req
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Send an 802.11h measurement request.
Syntax: wl measure_req <type> <TargetMACAddress>
Measurement types are TPC, Basic, CCA, RPI
Target MAC address format is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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monitor
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Set monitor mode:
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mrate
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Force a fixed multicast rate:
- For 802.11a, valid values are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- For 802.11b, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 11)
- For 802.11g, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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msglevel
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Set driver console debugging message bitvector type 'wl msglevel ?' for values
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noise
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Get noise (moving average) right after tx in dBm.
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nvget
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Get the value of an nvram variable.
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nvdump
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Print nvram variables to stdout.
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nvset
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Set an nvram variable name=value (no spaces around '=')
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out
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Mark adapter down but do not reset hardware(disabled).
On dualband cards, cards must be bandlocked before use.
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passive
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Puts scan engine into passive mode.
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phylist
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Return the list of available phytypes.
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phyreg
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Get/Set a phy register.
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phytype
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Get phy type
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pktcnt
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Get the summary of good and bad packets.
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plcphdr
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Set the plcp header. Valid settings are:
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powerindex
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Set the transmit power for A band. Valid values are 0 - 63.
-1 - default value
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prb_resp_timeout
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Get/Set probe response timeout
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primary_key
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Set/Get index of primary key.
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PM
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Set driver power management mode:
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promisc
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Set promiscuous mode ethernet address reception:
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pwr_percent
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Get/Set power output percentage
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quiet
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Send an 802.11h quiet command.
Syntax:
wl quiet <TBTTsUntilStart>, <DurationInTUs)>,
<OffsetInTUs>
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radar
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Enable/Disable radar
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radio
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Set the radio on or off. The options are:
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radioreg
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Get/Set a radio register.
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rand
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Get a 2-byte Random Number from the MAC's PRNG.
Syntax: wl rand
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rate
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Force a fixed rate:
- For 802.11a, valid values are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- For 802.11b, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 11)
- For 802.11g, valid values are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54)
- -1 (which is the default) means automatically determine the best rate
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ratedump
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Print driver rate selection tunables and per-scb state to stdout based on remote station mac address [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx]
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rateparam
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Set driver rate selection tunables.
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rateset
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Returns or sets the supported and basic rateset, (b) indicates basic
With no arguments, returns the rateset. Arguments are:
rateset "default" | "all" | <arbitrary rateset>
default - driver defaultsall - all rates are basic rates- arbitrary rateset - list of rates
List of rates are in Mbps and each rate is optionally followed by "(b)" or "b" for a Basic rate. Example: 1(b) 2b 5.5 11
At least one rate must be Basic for a legal rateset.
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reboot
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Reboot platform.
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regulatory
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Get or set the regulatory domain mode (802.11d). Driver must be down.
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restart
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Restart driver. Driver must already be down.
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revinfo
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Get hardware revision information.
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rmwep
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Remove the encryption key at the specified key index.
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roam_delta
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Set the roam candidate qualification delta. (integer)
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roam_scan_period
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Set the roam candidate qualification delta. (integer)
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roam_trigger
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Set the roam trigger RSSI threshold. (integer)
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rm_rep
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Get current radio measurement report
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rm_req
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Request a radio measurement of type basic, cca, or rpi.
Specify a series of measurement types each followed by options.
For example: wl rm_req cca -c 1 -d 50 cca -c 6 cca -c 11
The options are:
-t <Number> indicates a numeric token ID for measurement set or measurement-c <Number> indicates channel number-d <Number> indicates duration in TUs (1024 us)-p <Number> indicates parallel flag, measurement starts at the same time as previous |
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rssi
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Get the current Received Signal Strength Indication ( RSSI) value for an AP. You must specify the MAC addrress of the STA.
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rssidump
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Dump rssi ( RSSI) values from aci scans.
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rts
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Set the RTS threshhold. (integer [0, 2347])
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scan
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Initiate a scan.
The default is an active scan across all channels for any SSID.
Optional argument: SSID, the SSID to scan.
The options are:
-s <SSIDName> or --ssid=<SSIDName>
Indicates which SSID to scan-t <ScanType> or --scan_type=<ScanType>
[active|passive] scan type--bss_type=<BSSType>
[bss/infra|ibss/adhoc] bss type to scan-b <MACAddress> or --bssid=<MACAddress>
Indicates particular BSSID MAC address to scan, xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx-n <NumberOfProbes> or --nprobes=<NumberOfProbes>
number of probes per scanned channel-a <Number> or --active=<Number>
dwell time per channel for active scanning-p <Number> or --passive=<Number>
dwell time per channel for passive scanning-h <Number> or --home=<Number>
dwell time for the home channel between channel scans-c or --channels=<ListOfChannels>
comma or space-separated list of channels to scan |
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scan_channel_time
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Get/Set scan channel time.
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scan_home_time
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Get/Set scan home channel dwell time.
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scan_nprobes
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Get/Set scan parameter for number of probes to use per channel scanned.
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scan_passive_time
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Get/Set passive scan channel dwell time.
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scanresults
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Return results from last scan.
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scansuppress
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Suppress all scans for testing.
- 0 - allow scans
- 1 - suppress scans
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scan_unassoc_time
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Get/Set unassociated scan channel dwell time.
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scbdump
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Print driver scb state to stdout
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scb_timeout
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AP only: inactivity timeout value for authenticated STAs
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set_pmk
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Set passphrase for PMK in driver-resident supplicant.
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shmem
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Get/Set a shared memory location.
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shortslot
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Get current 11g Short Slot Timing mode. (0=long, 1=short)
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shortslot_override
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Get/Set 11g Short Slot Timing mode override. (-1=auto, 0=long, 1=short)
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shortslot_restrict
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Get/Set Access Point (AP) Restriction on associations for 11g Short Slot Timing capable STAs.
- 0 - Do not restrict association based on ShortSlot capability
- 1 - Restrict association to STAs with ShortSlot capability
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slowtimer
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Get/Set Low frequency watchdog timeout (nrssislope) [60 sec]
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spect
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Get or set 802.11h Spectrum Management mode.
- 0 - Off
- 1 - Loose interpretation of spec - may join non-11h APs
- 2 - Strict interpretation of spec - may not join non-11h APs
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srdump
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Print contents of SPROM to stdout.
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srl
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Set the short retry limit. (integer [1, 255])
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ssid
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Set or get the current SSID.
Setting will initiate an assoication attempt if in infrastructure mode, or join/creation of an IBSS if in IBSS mode, or creation of a BSS if in AP mode.
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sta_info
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wl sta_info <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>
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status
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Print information about current network association (also known as "assoc").
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suprates
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Returns or sets the 11g override for the supported rateset.
With no arguments, returns the rateset. Arguments are a list of rates, or 0 or -1 to specify an empty rateset to clear the override.
List of rates are in Mbps; for example: 1 2 5.5 11
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tkip
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Set TKIP options.
wl tkip [options]
[on|enable|1] enables TKIP[off|disable|0] disables TKIP[sw|software] performs TKIP in software[hw|hardware] performs TKIP in hardware |
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tkip_countermeasures
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Enable or disable TKIP countermeasures (TKIP-enabled Access Point only):
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tsc
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Print Tx Sequence Couter for key at specified key index.
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tssi
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Get the tssi value from radio.
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txant
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Set the transmit antenna:
0 - force use of antenna 01 - force use of antenna 13 - use the RX antenna selection that was in force during the most recently received good PLCP header |
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txpathpwr
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Turn the tx path power on or off on 2050 radios
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txpwr
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Set tx power in milliwatts. Range [1, 84]. (Deprecated: Use txpwr1 instead)
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txpwr1
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Set tx power in in various units. Choose one of the following:
- -d indicates dbm units (this is the default)
- -q indicates quarter dbm units
- -m indicates milliwatt units
Can be combined with:
Use "wl txpwr -1" to restore defaults
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txpwrlimit
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Return current tx power limit
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ucflags
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Get/Set ucode flags
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up
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Reinitialize and mark adapter up (operational).
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upgrade
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Upgrade the firmware on an embedded device
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ver
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Get version information.
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wake
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Set driver power-save mode sleep state:
- 0 - core-managed
- 1 - awake
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wds
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Set or get the list of WDS member MAC addresses.
Set using a space separated list of MAC addresses.
wl wds xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ...]
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wds_remote_mac
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Get WDS link remote endpoint's MAC address
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wds_wpa_role
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Get/Set WDS link local endpoint's WPA role
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wds_wpa_role_old
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Get WDS link local endpoint's WPA role (Deprecated)
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wep
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Set WEP options.
wl wep [options]
[on|enable|1] enables WEP[off|disable|0] disables WEP[sw|software] performs WEP in software[hw|hardware] performs WEP in hardware |
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wepstatus
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Set or get WEP status:
wepstatus [on|off]
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wet
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Get/Set wireless ethernet bridging mode
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wme
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Set WMM ( Wireless Multimedia Extensions) mode.
WMM (formerly WME) extends QoS, which originally applied to access point only, by enabling priority differentiation of media types on the client.
With WMM enabled, QoS prioritization and coordination of wireless medium access is on. With WMM enabled, QoS settings on the Access Point (AP) control downstream traffic flowing from the access point to client station and the upstream traffic flowing from the station to the AP.
Disabling WMM will deactivate QoS control of station parameters on upstream traffic flowing from the station to the AP. With WMM disabled, you can still set some parameters on the downstream traffic flowing from the access point to the client station (AP EDCA parameters).
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wme-ac
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WMM access category to determine priority of media being transmitted by client station (STA) or Access Point (AP).
Syntax:
wl wme-ac sta/ap [vo, vi, be, bk] [ecwmax, ecwmin, txop, aifsn, acm] value
vo - Voice access category. Highest priority queue, minimum delay. Time-sensitive data such as VoIP and streaming media are automatically sent to this queue.vi - Video access category. High priority queue, minimum delay. Time-sensitive video data is automatically sent to this queue.be - Best effort access category. Medium priority queue, medium throughput and delay. Most traditional IP data is sent to this queue.bk - background - Lowest priority queue, high throughput. Bulk data that requires maximum throughput and is not time-sensitive is sent to this queue (FTP data, for example).txop - aifsn - The Arbitration Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFs) specifies a wait time (in milliseconds) for data frames. |
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wpa_auth
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Bitvector of WPA authorization modes:
- 1 - WPA NONE
- 2 - WPA-802.1X/WPA-Professional
- 4 - WPA-PSK/WPA-Personal
- 8 - CCKM (WPA)
- 16 - CCKM (WPA2)
- 64 - WPA2-802.1X/WPA2-Professional
- 128 - WPA2-PSK/WPA2-Personal
- 0 - disable WPA
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wsec
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Wireless security bit vector:
- 1 - WEP enabled
- 2 - TKIP enabled
- 4 - AES enabled
- 8 - WSEC in software
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wsec_restrict
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Drop unencrypted packets if WSEC is enabled:
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wsec_test
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Generate wsec errors:
wsec_test <test_type> <keyindex|xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>- type "
wl wsec_test ?" for test_types
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