01b32d5e36
Number of documentation and configuration files had references to the madwifi driver interface that was removed in the previous commit. Remove these references as well. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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60 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
.TH HOSTAPD 8 "April 7, 2005" hostapd hostapd
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.SH NAME
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hostapd \- IEEE 802.11 AP, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP/RADIUS Authenticator
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B hostapd
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[\-hdBKtv] [\-P <PID file>] <configuration file(s)>
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents briefly the
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.B hostapd
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daemon.
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.PP
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.B hostapd
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is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers.
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It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server.
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The current version supports Linux (Host AP, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).
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.B hostapd
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is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling authentication.
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.B hostapd
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supports separate frontend programs and an example text-based frontend,
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.BR hostapd_cli ,
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is included with
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.BR hostapd .
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.SH OPTIONS
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A summary of options is included below.
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For a complete description, run
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.BR hostapd
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from the command line.
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.TP
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.B \-h
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Show usage.
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.TP
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.B \-d
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Show more debug messages.
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.TP
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.B \-dd
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Show even more debug messages.
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.TP
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.B \-B
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Run daemon in the background.
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.TP
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.B \-P <PID file>
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Path to PID file.
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.TP
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.B \-K
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Include key data in debug messages.
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.TP
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.B \-t
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Include timestamps in some debug messages.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Show hostapd version.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR hostapd_cli (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
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hostapd was written by Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>.
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.PP
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This manual page was written by Faidon Liambotis <faidon@cube.gr>,
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for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
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