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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of WIRELESS</TITLE>
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<H1>WIRELESS</H1>
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (7)<BR>Updated: 4 March 2004<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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wireless - Wireless Tools and Wireless Extensions
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>iwconfig</B>
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<BR>
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<B>iwpriv -a</B>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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The
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<B>Wireless Extensions</B>
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is an API allowing you manipulate Wireless LAN networking interfaces.
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It is composed of a variety of tools and configuration files. It is
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documented in more detail in the Linux Wireless LAN Howto.
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<BR>
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The
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<B>Wireless Tools</B>
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are used to change the configuration of wireless LAN networking
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interfaces on the fly, to get their current configuration, to get
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statistics and diagnose them. They are described in their own man
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page, see below for references.
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<BR>
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<B>Wireless configuration</B>
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is specific to each Linux distribution. This man page will contain in
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the future the configuration procedure for a few common
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distributions. For the time being, check the file DISTRIBUTIONS.txt
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included with the Wireless Tools package.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>DEBIAN 3.0</H2>
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In Debian 3.0 (and later) you can configure wireless LAN networking
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devices using the network configuration tool
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+ifupdown">ifupdown</A></B>(8).
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>File :</B>
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<DD>
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<I>/etc/network/interfaces</I>
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<DT id="2"><B>Form :</B>
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<DD>
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wireless-<I><function> <value></I>
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wireless-essid Home
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wireless-mode Ad-Hoc
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<DT id="3"><B>See also :</B>
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<DD>
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<I>/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools</I>
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<I>/usr/share/doc/wireless-tools/README.Debian</I>
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</DL>
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<H2>SuSE 8.0</H2>
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SuSE 8.0 (and later) has integrated wireless configuration in their
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network scripts.
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="4"><B>Tool :</B>
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<DD>
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<B>Yast2</B>
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<DT id="5"><B>File :</B>
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<I>/etc/sysconfig/network/wireless</I>
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<I>/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*</I>
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<DT id="6"><B>Form :</B>
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WIRELESS_<I><function></I>=<I><value></I>
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WIRELESS_ESSID="Home"
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WIRELESS_MODE=Ad-Hoc
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<DT id="7"><B>See also :</B>
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<DD>
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man ifup
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<BR>
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info scpm
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>ORIGINAL PCMCIA SCRIPTS</H2>
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If you are using the original configuration scripts from the Pcmcia
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package, you can use this method.
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="8"><B>File :</B>
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<I>/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts</I>
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<DT id="9"><B>Form :</B>
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*,*,*,*)
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<BR>
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<BR> ESSID="Home"
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<BR>
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<BR> MODE="Ad-Hoc"
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<BR>
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<BR> ;;
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<DT id="10"><B>See also :</B>
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<DD>
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<I>/etc/pcmcia/wireless</I>
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<BR>
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File
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<I>PCMCIA.txt</I>
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part of Wireless Tools package
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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Jean Tourrilhes - <A HREF="mailto:jt@hpl.hp.com">jt@hpl.hp.com</A>
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<BR>
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<I><A HREF="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/">http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/</A></I>
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwconfig">iwconfig</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwlist">iwlist</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwspy">iwspy</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwpriv">iwpriv</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwevent">iwevent</A></B>(8).
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAE">DEBIAN 3.0</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAF">SuSE 8.0</A><DD>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAG">ORIGINAL PCMCIA SCRIPTS</A><DD>
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<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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</DL>
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