Software Manual

WE865-DUAL Software User Guide

1vv0300788 Rev. 0 08/08/08

7.2 Running wpa_supplicant

wpa_supplicant can be run simply typing:

# wpa_supplicant –Dunifi -ieth0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf –d

7.3 wpa_cli

wpa_cli is a tool that can be used to control the operations of the wpa_supplicant and to get status

information and event notifications.

Synopsis:

wpa_cli [-p<path to ctrl sockets>] [-i<ifname>] [-hvB] [-a<action file>]

[-P<pid file>] [-g<global ctrl>] [command..]

-h = help (show this usage text)

-v = shown version information

-a = run in daemon mode executing the action file based on events from

wpa_supplicant

-B = run a daemon in the background

Parameters:

status [verbose] = get current WPA/EAPOL/EAP status

mib = get MIB variables (dot1x, dot11)

help = show this usage help

interface [ifname] = show interfaces/select interface

level <debug level> = change debug level

license = show full wpa_cli license

logoff = IEEE 802.1X EAPOL state machine logoff

logon = IEEE 802.1X EAPOL state machine logon

set = set variables (shows list of variables when run without arguments)

pmksa = show PMKSA cache

reassociate = force reassociation

reconfigure = force wpa_supplicant to re-read its configuration file

preauthenticate <BSSID> = force preauthentication

identity <network id> <identity> = configure identity for an SSID

password <network id> <password> = configure password for an SSID

new_password <network id> <password> = change password for an SSID

pin <network id> <pin> = configure pin for an SSID

otp <network id> <password> = configure one-time-password for an SSID

passphrase <network id> <passphrase> = configure private key passphrase for an SSID