Usage: wlctl [-a|i ] [-h] [-d|u|x] [arguments] -h this message -a, -i adapter name or number -d signed integer -u unsigned integer -x hexdecimal ver get version information cmds generate a short list of available commands up reinitialize and mark adapter up (operational) down reset and mark adapter down (disabled) out mark adapter down but do not reset hardware(disabled) On dualband cards, cards must be bandlocked before use. clk set board clock state. return error for set_clk attempt if the driver is not down 0: clock off 1: clock on restart Restart driver. Driver must already be down. reboot Reboot platform ucflags Get/Set ucode flags radio Set the radio on or off. “on” or “off” dump print driver software state and chip registers to stdout srdump print contents of SPROM to stdout nvdump print nvram variables to stdout nvset set an nvram variable name=value (no spaces around ‘=’) nvget get the value of an nvram variable revinfo get hardware revision information msglevel set driver console debugging message bitvector type ‘wl msglevel ?’ for values PM set driver power management mode: 0: CAM (constantly awake) 1: PS (power-save) 2: FAST PS mode wake set driver power-save mode sleep state: 0: core-managed 1: awake promisc set promiscuous mode ethernet address reception 0 – disable 1 – enable monitor set monitor mode 0 – disable 1 – enable active monitor mode (interface still operates) frag Deprecated. Use fragthresh. rts Deprecated. Use rtsthresh. cwmin Set the cwmin. (integer [1, 255]) cwmax Set the cwmax. (integer [256, 2047]) srl Set the short retry limit. (integer [1, 255]) lrl Set the long retry limit. (integer [1, 255]) rate force a fixed rate: valid values for 802.11a are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) valid values for 802.11b are (1, 2, 5.5, 11) valid values for 802.11g are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate mrate force a fixed multicast rate: valid values for 802.11a are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) valid values for 802.11b are (1, 2, 5.5, 11) valid values for 802.11g are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate a_rate force a fixed rate for the A PHY: valid values for 802.11a are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate a_mrate force a fixed multicast rate for the A PHY: valid values for 802.11a are (6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate bg_rate force a fixed rate for the B/G PHY: valid values for 802.11b are (1, 2, 5.5, 11) valid values for 802.11g are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate bg_mrate force a fixed multicast rate for the B/G PHY: valid values for 802.11b are (1, 2, 5.5, 11) valid values for 802.11g are (1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54) -1 (default) means automatically determine the best rate infra Set Infrastructure mode: 0 (IBSS) or 1 (Infra BSS) ap Set AP mode: 0 (STA) or 1 (AP) bssid Get the BSSID value, error if STA and not associated channel Set the channel: valid channels for 802.11b/g (2.4GHz band) are 1 through 14 valid channels for 802.11a (5 GHz band) are: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116,120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 184, 188, 192, 196, 200, 204, 208, 212, 216 tssi Get the tssi value from radio txpwr Set tx power in milliwatts. Range [1, 84]. txpwr1 Set tx power in in various units. Choose one of (default: dbm): -d dbm units -q quarter dbm units -m milliwatt units Can be combined with: -o turn on override to disable regulatory and other limitations Use wl txpwr -1 to restore defaults txpathpwr Turn the tx path power on or off on 2050 radios txpwrlimit Return current tx power limit powerindex Set the transmit power for A band(0-63). -1 – default value atten Set the transmit attenuation for B band. Args: bb radio txctl1. auto to revert to automatic control phyreg Get/Set a phy register: offset [ value ] [ band ] radioreg Get/Set a radio register: offset [ value ] [ band ] shmem Get/Set a shared memory location: offset [ value ] [ band ] macreg Get/Set any mac registers(include IHR and SB): macreg offset size[2,4] [value] [ band ] ucantdiv Enable/disable ucode antenna diversity (1/0 or on/off) antdiv Set antenna diversity for rx 0 – force use of antenna 0 1 – force use of antenna 1 3 – automatic selection of antenna diversity txant Set the transmit antenna 0 – force use of antenna 0 1 – force use of antenna 1 3 – use the RX antenna selection that was in force during the most recently received good PLCP header plcphdr Set the plcp header. “long” or “auto” or “debug” phytype Get phy type scbdump print driver scb state to stdout rateparam set driver rate selection tunables arg 1: tunable id arg 2: tunable value wepstatus Set or Get WEP status wepstatus [on|off] primary_key Set or get index of primary key addwep Set an encryption key. The key must be 5, 13 or 16 bytes long, or 10, 26, 32, or 64 hex digits long. The encryption algorithm is automatically selected based on the key size. keytype is accepted only when key length is 16 bytes/32 hex digits and specifies whether AES-OCB or AES-CCM encryption is used. Default is ccm. addwep [ocb | ccm] [notx] [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx] rmwep Remove the encryption key at the specified key index. keys Prints a list of the current WEP keys tsc Print Tx Sequence Couter for key at specified key index. wsec_test Generate wsec errors wsec_test type ‘wl wsec_test ?’ for test_types tkip_countermeasures Enable or disable TKIP countermeasures (TKIP-enabled AP only) 0 – disable 1 – enable wsec_restrict Drop unencrypted packets if WSEC is enabled 0 – disable 1 – enable eap restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds 0 – disable 1 – enable authorize restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds deauthorize do not restrict traffic to 802.1X packets until 802.1X authorization succeeds deauthenticate deauthenticate a STA from the AP with optional reason code (AP ONLY) wsec wireless security bit vector 1 – WEP enabled 2 – TKIP enabled 4 – AES enabled 8 – WSEC in software auth set/get 802.11 authentication type. 0 = OpenSystem, 1= SharedKey wpa_auth Bitvector of WPA authorization modes: 1 WPA-NONE 2 WPA-802.1X/WPA-Professional 4 WPA-PSK/WPA-Personal 64 WPA2-802.1X/WPA2-Professional 128 WPA2-PSK/WPA2-Personal 0 disable WPA wpa_cap set/get 802.11i RSN capabilities set_pmk Set passphrase for PMK in driver-resident supplicant. scan Initiate a scan. Default an active scan across all channels for any SSID. Optional arg: SSID, the SSID to scan. Options: -s S, –ssid=S SSID to scan -t ST, –scan_type=ST [active|passive] scan type –bss_type=BT [bss/infra|ibss/adhoc] bss type to scan -b MAC, –bssid=MAC particular BSSID MAC address to scan, xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx -n N, –nprobes=N number of probes per scanned channel -a N, –active=N dwell time per channel for active scanning -p N, –passive=N dwell time per channel for passive scanning -h N, –home=N dwell time for the home channel between channel scans -c L, –channels=L comma or space separated list of channels to scan passive Puts scan engine into passive mode regulatory Get/Set regulatory domain mode (802.11d). Driver must be down. spect Get/Set 802.11h Spectrum Management mode. 0 – Off 1 – Loose interpretation of spec – may join non-11h APs 2 – Strict interpretation of spec – may not join non-11h APs 3 Disable 11H and enable 11D scanresults Return results from last scan. assoc Print information about current network association. (also known as “status”) status Print information about current network association. (also known as “assoc”) disassoc Disassociate from the current BSS/IBSS. chanlist Deprecated. Use channels. channels Return valid channels for the current settings. channels_in_country Return valid channels for the country specified. Arg 1 is the country abbreviation Arg 2 is the band(a or b) curpower Return current tx power settings. -q (quiet): estimated power only. scansuppress Suppress all scans for testing. 0 – allow scans 1 – suppress scans evm Start an EVM test on the given channel, or stop EVM test. Arg 1 is channel number 1-14, or “off” or 0 to stop the test. Arg 2 is optional rate (1, 2, 5.5 or 11) rateset Returns or sets the supported and basic rateset, (b) indicates basic With no args, returns the rateset. Args are rateset “default” | “all” | default – driver defaults all – all rates are basic rates arbitrary rateset – list of rates List of rates are in Mbps and each rate is optionally followed by “(b)” or “b” for a Basic rate. Example: 1(b) 2b 5.5 11 At least one rate must be Basic for a legal rateset. roam_trigger Set the roam trigger RSSI threshold: roam_trigger [integer [, a/b]] roam_delta Set the roam candidate qualification delta. roam_delta [integer [, a/b]] roam_scan_period Set the roam candidate qualification delta. (integer) suprates Returns or sets the 11g override for the supported rateset With no args, returns the rateset. Args are a list of rates, or 0 or -1 to specify an empty rateset to clear the override. List of rates are in Mbps, example: 1 2 5.5 11 scan_channel_time Get/Set scan channel time scan_unassoc_time Get/Set unassociated scan channel dwell time scan_home_time Get/Set scan home channel dwell time scan_passive_time Get/Set passive scan channel dwell time scan_nprobes Get/Set scan parameter for number of probes to use per channel scanned prb_resp_timeout Get/Set probe response timeout channel_qa Get last channel quality measurment channel_qa_start Start a channel quality measurment country Select Country code for use with 802.11d Use either long name or abbreviation from ISO 3166. Use ‘wl country list [band(a or b)]’ for the list of supported countries locale OBSOLETE: use “wl country” Select the country: Worldwide Thailand Israel Jordan China Japan USA/Canada/ANZ Europe USAlow JapanHigh All join Join a specified network SSID. Join syntax is: join [key xxxxx] [imode bss|ibss] [amode open|shared|wpa|wpapsk|wpa2|wpa2psk|wpanone] ssid Set or get a configuration’s SSID. wl ssid [-C num]|[–cfg=num] [] If the configuration index ‘num’ is not given, configuraion #0 is assumed and setting will initiate an assoication attempt if in infrastructure mode, or join/creation of an IBSS if in IBSS mode, or creation of a BSS if in AP mode. mac Set or get the list of source MAC address matches. wl mac xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx …] To Clear the list: wl mac none macmode Set the mode of the MAC list. 0 – Disable MAC address matching. 1 – Deny association to stations on the MAC list. 2 – Allow association to stations on the MAC list. wds Set or get the list of WDS member MAC addresses. Set using a space separated list of MAC addresses. wl wds xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx …] lazywds Set or get “lazy” WDS mode (dynamically grant WDS membership to anyone). noise Get noise (moving average) right after tx in dBm fqacurcy Manufacturing test: set frequency accuracy mode. freqacuracy syntax is: fqacurcy Arg is channel number 1-14, or 0 to stop the test. crsuprs Manufacturing test: set carrier suppression mode. carriersuprs syntax is: crsuprs Arg is channel number 1-14, or 0 to stop the test. longtrain Manufacturing test: set longtraining mode. longtrain syntax is: longtrain Arg is A band channel number or 0 to stop the test. band Returns or sets the current band auto – auto switch between available bands (default) a – force use of 802.11a band b – force use of 802.11b band bands Return the list of available 802.11 bands phylist Return the list of available phytypes shortslot Get current 11g Short Slot Timing mode. (0=long, 1=short) shortslot_override Get/Set 11g Short Slot Timing mode override. (-1=auto, 0=long, 1=short) shortslot_restrict Get/Set AP Restriction on associations for 11g Short Slot Timing capable STAs. 0 – Do not restrict association based on ShortSlot capability 1 – Restrict association to STAs with ShortSlot capability ignore_bcns AP only (G mode): Check for beacons without NONERP element (0=Examine beacons, 1=Ignore beacons) pktcnt Get the summary of good and bad packets. upgrade Upgrade the firmware on an embedded device gmode Set the 54g Mode (LegacyB|Auto||GOnly|BDeferred|Performance|LRS) gmode_protection Get G protection mode. (0=disabled, 1=enabled) gmode_protection_control Get/Set 11g protection mode control alg. 0=always off 1=monitor local association 2=monitor overlapping BSS gmode_protection_cts Get/Set 11g protection type to CTS (0=disable, 1=enable) gmode_protection_override Get/Set 11g protection mode override. (-1=auto, 0=disable, 1=enable) legacy_erp Get/Set 11g legacy ERP inclusion (0=disable, 1=enable) scb_timeout AP only: inactivity timeout value for authenticated stas assoclist AP only: Get the list of associated MAC addresses. rssi Get the current RSSI val, for an AP you must specify the mac addr of the STA isup Get driver operational state (0=down, 1=up) fasttimer Deprecated. Use fast_timer. slowtimer Deprecated. Use slow_timer. glacialtimer Deprecated. Use glacial_timer. radar Enable/Disable radar radarargs Get/Set Radar parameters in order as npulses, ncontig, min_pw , max_pw, thresh0, thresh1 dfs_status Get dfs status interference Get/Set interference mitigation mode. Choices are: 0 = none 1 = non wlan 2 = wlan manual 3 = wlan automatic frameburst Disable/Enable frameburst mode pwr_percent Get/Set power output percentage wet Get/Set wireless ethernet bridging mode bi Get/Set the beacon period (bi=beacon interval) dtim Get/Set DTIM wds_remote_mac Get WDS link remote endpoint’s MAC address wds_wpa_role_old Get WDS link local endpoint’s WPA role (old) wds_wpa_role Get/Set WDS link local endpoint’s WPA role authe_sta_list Get authenticated sta mac address list autho_sta_list Get authorized sta mac address list measure_req Send an 802.11h measurement request. Usage: wl measure_req Measurement types are: TPC, Basic, CCA, RPI Target MAC addr format is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx quiet Send an 802.11h quiet command. Usage: wl quiet , , csa Send an 802.11h channel switch anouncement Usage wl csa constraint Send an 802.11h Power Constraint IE Usage: wl constraint 1-255 db rm_req Request a radio measurement of type basic, cca, or rpi specify a series of measurement types each followed by options. example: wl rm_req cca -c 1 -d 50 cca -c 6 cca -c 11 Options: -t n numeric token id for measurement set or measurement -c n channel -d n duration in TUs (1024 us) -p parallel flag, measurement starts at the same time as previous Each measurement specified uses the same channel and duration as the previous unless a new channel or duration is specified. rm_rep Get current radio measurement report join_pref Set/Get join target preferences. assoc_pref Set/Get association preference. Usage: wl assoc_pref [auto|a|b|g] wme Set WME (Wireless Multimedia Extensions) mode (0=off, 1=on, -1=auto) wme_ac wl wme_ac sta/ap [be, bk, vi, vo] [ecwmax, ecwmin, txop, aifsn, acm] value wme_apsd Set APSD (Automatic Power Save Delivery) mode on AP (0=off, 1=on) wme_apsd_sta Set APSD parameters on STA. Driver must be down. Usage: wl wme_apsd_sta : number of frames per USP: 0 (all), 2, 4, or 6 : value 0 to disable, 1 to enable U-APSD per AC wme_dp Set AC queue discard policy. Usage: wl wme_dp : value 0 for newest-first, 1 for oldest-first wme_counters print WMM stats reinit Reinitialize device sta_info wl sta_info cap driver capabilities malloc_dump debug malloc info chan_info channel info add_ie Add a vendor proprietary IE to 802.11 management packets Usage: wl add_ie length OUI hexdata : Bit 0 – Beacons Bit 1 – Probe Rsp Bit 2 – Assoc/Reassoc Rsp Bit 3 – Auth Rsp Example: wl add_ie 3 10 00:90:4C 0101050c121a03 to add this IE to beacons and probe responses del_ie Delete a vendor proprietary IE from 802.11 management packets Usage: wl del_ie length OUI hexdata : Bit 0 – Beacons Bit 1 – Probe Rsp Bit 2 – Assoc/Reassoc Rsp Bit 3 – Auth Rsp Example: wl del_ie 3 10 00:90:4C 0101050c121a03 list_ie Dump the list of vendor proprietary IEs rand Get a 2-byte Random Number from the MAC’s PRNG Usage: wl rand nvotpw Write nvram to on-chip otp Usage: wl nvotpw file bcmerrorstr errorstring freqtrack Set Frequency Tracking Mode (0=Auto, 1=On, 2=OFF) eventing set/get 128-bit hex filter bitmask for MAC event reporting up to application layer event_msgs set/get 128-bit hex filter bitmask for MAC event reporting via packet indications counters Return driver counter values assoc_info Returns the assoc req and resp information [STA only] autochannel auto channel selection: 1 to issue a channel scanning; 2 to set channel based on the channel scanning result; without argument to only show the channel selected; ssid must set to null before this process, RF must be up closed hides the network from active scans, 0 or 1. 0 is open, 1 is hide pmkid_info Returns the pmkid table abminrate get/set afterburner minimum rate threshold bss set/get BSS enabled status: up/down closednet set/get BSS closed network attribute diag diag testindex(1-interrupt, 2-loopback, 3-memory, 4-led); precede by ‘wl down’ and follow by ‘wl up’ reset_d11cnts reset 802.11 MIB counters 8021x Set or get 802.1x in use. 0 – disable 1 – enable idle_timeout Set or get the session idle timeout in seconds. auth_blockout_time Set or get the barring time (seconds) for log in retry is accepted. auth_blockout_list Get the list of authentication block out MAC addresses. corerev Get current core revision close hides the network from active scans, 0 or 1. 0 is open, 1 is hide beacon Set the beacon interval: valid beacon interval are 1-65535 essid Set the SSID ID value pwr_percent1 Get/Set power output percentage