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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 commands :
         iwpriv eth0 setqualthr 20
         iwpriv eth0 gethisto

AUTHOR

       Jean Tourrilhes - jt@hpl.hp.com

FILES

       /proc/net/wireless

SEE ALSO

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