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



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

SYNOPSIS
       iwpriv [interface]
       iwpriv interface private-command [private-parameters]
       iwpriv interface private-command [I] [private-parameters]
       iwpriv interface --all

DESCRIPTION
       Iwpriv  is  the  companion  tool  to  iwconfig(8).   Iwpriv deals with parameters 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).

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 com-
       mands :
         iwpriv eth0 setqualthr 20
         iwpriv eth0 gethisto

AUTHOR
       Jean Tourrilhes - jtAThpl.com

FILES
       /proc/net/wireless

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



net-tools                                                31 October 1996                                               IWPRIV(8)