Subject: Re: net80211 sysctl and wlanctl(8)
To: None <tech-net@NetBSD.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/03/2004 13:44:48
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 12:53:06PM -0500, David Young wrote:
> Here is something for people to test.  The kernel patches let userland
> examine wireless cards' node tables with sysctl.  wlanctl(8) is a
> demonstration utility that pretty-prints 802.11 nodes.

Here is example output from wlanctl, wi0's peers in an ad hoc network.
In hostap mode, wlanctl lists the AP's clients.  I intend for wlanctl
to eventually show scan results, too.

wi0: mac 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0001<bss>
	ess <cuw>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates [1.0] 2.0 5.5 11.0
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 0s
	rssi 0 txseq 55 rxseq 0
wi0: mac 00:02:2d:2e:3d:7d bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0000
	ess <>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 [11.0]
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 40s
	rssi 93 txseq 1 rxseq 501
wi0: mac 00:02:2d:2e:3c:f4 bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0000
	ess <>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 [11.0]
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 40s
	rssi 84 txseq 1 rxseq 165
wi0: mac 00:02:2d:8b:24:07 bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0000
	ess <>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 [11.0]
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 40s
	rssi 83 txseq 1 rxseq 2966
wi0: mac 00:02:2d:8b:24:54 bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0000
	ess <>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates 1.0 2.0 5.5 [11.0]
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 40s
	rssi 88 txseq 1 rxseq 3478
wi0: mac 00:02:6f:20:f6:2e bss 02:00:1a:c3:13:4f
	node flags 0000
	ess <>
	chan 11 freq 2462MHz flags 00a0<cck,2.4GHz>
	capabilities 0000
	beacon-interval 0TU tsft 0
	rates [1.0] 2.0 5.5 11.0
	assoc-id 0 assoc-failed 0 inactivity 25s
	rssi 92 txseq 0 rxseq 1376

Dave


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