8. System administration commands (usually only for root)
IW
Section: Linux (8)Updated: 22 November 2020
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NAME
iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configurationSYNOPSIS
iw
[ OPTIONS ] {
help [
command ]
|
OBJECT COMMAND }
OBJECT := {
dev | phy | reg }
OPTIONS := { --version | --debug }
OPTIONS
- --version
-
print version information and exit.
- --debug
-
enable netlink message debugging.
IW - COMMAND SYNTAX
OBJECT
- dev <interface name>
-
- network interface.
- phy <phy name>
- - wireless hardware device (by name).
- phy#<phy index>
-
- wireless hardware device (by index).
- reg
-
- regulatory agent.
COMMAND
Specifies the action to perform on the object. The set of possible actions depends on the object type. iw help will print all supported commands, while iw help command will print the help for all matching commands.
SEE ALSO
ip(8), crda(8), regdbdump(8), regulatory.bin(5).
Documentation at kernel wiki
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