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NAME

wpa_supplicant − WiFi Protected Access client daemon

SYNOPSIS

wpa_supplicant [−BddehLqqvw] −i<ifname> -c<config file> [−D<driver>]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the wpa_supplicant daemon.

OPTIONS

A summary of commands follows. For a complete description, run wpa_supplicant from the command line.

−B

Fork daemon to the background.

−i<iface>

Interface to listen on.

−c<config file>

Path to configuration file.

−D<driver>

Driver to use.

−d

Show debugging info (−dd for even more).

−q

Decrease debugging info (−qq for even less).

−w

Wait for <iface> to be added.

−L

Show license text.

−h

Show help text.

−v

Show version text.

SEE ALSO

wpa_passphrase(1), wpa_cli(1)

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kyle McMartin <kyle [AT] debian.org> for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).