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.\" Jean II - HPLB - 96
.\" iwlist.8
.\"
.TH IWLIST 8 "31 October 1996" "net-tools" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.\"
.\" NAME part
.\"
.SH NAME
iwlist \- Get wireless statistics from specific nodes
.\"
.\" SYNOPSIS part
.\"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "iwlist " interface " freq"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " ap"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " rate"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " key"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " power"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " txpower"
.br
.BI "iwlist " interface " retry"
.\"
.\" DESCRIPTION part
.\"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Iwlist
is used to display some large chunk of information from a wireless
network interface that is not displayed by iwconfig. This is typically
list of parameters.
.\"
.\" PARAMETER part
.\"
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.BR freq / channel
Give the list of available frequencies in the device and the number of
defined channels. Please note that usually the driver returns the
total number of channels and only the frequencies available in the
present locale, so there is no one to one mapping between frequencies
displayed and channel numbers.
.TP
.BR ap / accesspoint
Give the list of Access Points in range, and optionally the quality of
link to them.
.TP
.BR rate / bit [rate]
List the bit-rates supported by the device.
.TP
.BR key / enc [ryption]
List the encryption key sizes supported and display all the encryption
keys availables in the device.
.TP
.B power
List the various Power Management attributes and modes of the device.
.TP
.B txpower
List the various Transmit Power available on the device.
.TP
.B retry
List the transmit retry limits and retry lifetime on the device.
.\"
.\" FILES part
.\"
.SH FILES
.I /proc/net/wireless
.\"
.\" SEE ALSO part
.\"
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR iwconfig (8),
.BR ifconfig (8),
.BR iwspy (8).
.BR iwpriv (8).
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