WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) | System Manager's Manual | WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) |
wpa_supplicant
—
WPA/802.11i Supplicant for wireless network
devices
wpa_supplicant |
[-BdhKLqstvW ] [-b
br_ifname] [-C
ctrl] -c
config-file [-D
driver] [-e
entropy-file] [-f
debug-file] [-G
global-ctrl-group] [-g
global-ctrl] [-I
additional-config-file] [-i
ifname] [-O
override-ctrl] [-o
override-driver] [-P
pidfile] [-p
parameters] [-M
[-i ifname]
-c config-file ...]
[-N -i
ifname -c
config-file ...] |
The wpa_supplicant
utility is an
implementation of the WPA Supplicant component, i.e., the part that runs in
the client stations. It implements WPA key negotiation with a WPA
Authenticator and EAP authentication with an Authentication Server. In
addition, wpa_supplicant
controls the roaming and
IEEE 802.11 authentication/association support and can be used to configure
static WEP keys based on identified networks.
The wpa_supplicant
utility is designed to
be a “daemon” program that runs in the background and acts as
the backend component controlling the wireless connection. It supports
separate frontend programs such as the text-based
wpa_cli(8) program.
The following arguments must be specified on the command line:
-i
ifname-c
config-fileChanges to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a
SIGHUP
signal to the
wpa_supplicant
process or with the
wpa_cli(8) utility, using
“wpa_cli reconfigure
”.
The following options are available:
-B
-b
br_ifname-C
ctrl-D
driver-d
-f
flag.-e
entropy-file-f
debug-file-d
flag.-G
global-ctrl-group-g
global-ctrl-h
-I
additional-config-file-K
-L
-M
[-i
matchifname]
-c
config-file ...-i
is not specified. If multiple
interfaces are matched then wpa_supplicant
will
manage them all with a single process.-N
-i
ifname
-c
config-file ...wpa_supplicant
will
manage them all with a single process.-O
override-ctrl-o
override-driver-P
pidfile-p
parameters-q
-d
flag).-s
-t
-v
-W
fnmatch(3), ath(4), ipw(4), iwi(4), iwn(4), ral(4), rum(4), wi(4), wpi(4), zyd(4), wpa_supplicant.conf(5), ifconfig(8), wpa_cli(8), wpa_passphrase(8)
The wpa_supplicant
utility first appeared
in NetBSD 4.0.
The wpa_supplicant
utility was written by
Jouni Malinen
<jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>.
This manual page is derived from the README file
included in the wpa_supplicant
distribution.
June 19, 2019 | NetBSD 10.99 |