| .TH IW 8 "7 June 2012" "iw" "Linux" |
| .SH NAME |
| iw \- show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| |
| .ad l |
| .in +8 |
| .ti -8 |
| .B iw |
| .RI [ " OPTIONS " ] " " { " |
| .BR help " [ " |
| .RI ""command " ]" |
| .BR "|" |
| .RI ""OBJECT " " COMMAND " }" |
| .sp |
| |
| .ti -8 |
| .IR OBJECT " := { " |
| .BR dev " | " phy " | " reg " }" |
| .sp |
| |
| .ti -8 |
| .IR OPTIONS " := { --version | --debug }" |
| |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| |
| .TP |
| .BR " --version" |
| print version information and exit. |
| |
| .TP |
| .BR " --debug" |
| enable netlink message debugging. |
| |
| .SH IW - COMMAND SYNTAX |
| |
| .SS |
| .I OBJECT |
| |
| .TP |
| .B dev <interface name> |
| - network interface. |
| |
| .TP |
| .B phy <phy name> |
| - wireless hardware device (by name). |
| .TP |
| .B phy#<phy index> |
| - wireless hardware device (by index). |
| |
| .TP |
| .B reg |
| - regulatory agent. |
| |
| .SS |
| .I COMMAND |
| |
| Specifies the action to perform on the object. |
| The set of possible actions depends on the object type. |
| .B iw help |
| will print all supported commands, while |
| .B iw help command |
| will print the help for all matching commands. |
| |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR ip (8), |
| .BR crda (8), |
| .BR regdbdump (8), |
| .BR regulatory.bin (5) |
| |
| .BR http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw |
