Reference Manual

RS9116 n-Link Linux and Android Technical Reference Manual
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August 2019
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6 Configuration Using CFG80211
This section explains about the usage of various IOCTL commands, which can be issued to the Onebox-Mobile™
driver operating in CFG80211 mode from the user space.
6.1 Using iw Wireless Tool
'iw' is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It is used to set/get various parameters of a
wireless network interface. This section covers the usage of 'iw' when used with the Onebox-Mobile ™ driver. For a
detailed description of 'iw' tool, please refer to the relevant man pages on Linux system. The list of supported
commands via "iw" tool are listed below.
Creating a virtual Interface
Description This command is used to create a virtual interface in the specific mode
requested by user
Default Value -
Input Parameters <phy name > – Phy name can be obtained by using the following command
$ iw phy
In case of multiple wireless interfaces are present, please refer to the NOTE
given below on how to determine the phy name.
<interface name> – name of the virtual interface to be created
<operating mode> – operating mode of the virtual interface that can be either
'managed' for station mode or '__ap' for access point mode.
Output
Parameter
-
Reset Required No
Usage iw phy <phy name> interface add <interface name> type <operating mode>
Example To create a virtual interface in Access Point mode, use the command given
below:
$ iw phy phy0 interface add wifi0 type __ap
To create a virtual interface in Station mode use the command below:
$ iw phy phy0 interface add wifi0 type managed
Scan
Description This command is used to scan for the Access points nearby our device.
Default Value -
Input Parameters Interface name on which scan has to be performed
Output
Parameter
List of AP's scanned
Reset Required No