IWEVENT(8)



IWEVENT(8)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                IWEVENT(8)

NAME
       iwevent  -  Display  Wireless  Events  generated by drivers and setting
       changes

SYNOPSIS
       iwevent

DESCRIPTION
       iwevent displays Wireless Events received through the RTNetlink socket.
       Each line displays the specific Wireless Event which describes what has
       happened on the specified wireless interface.
       This command doesn't take any arguments.

DISPLAY
       There are two classes of Wireless Events.

       The first class is events related to a change of wireless  settings  on
       the  interface (typically done through iwconfig or a script calling iw-
       config).  Only settings that could result in a disruption of connectiv-
       ity are reported. The events currently reported are changing one of the
       following setting :
            Network ID
            ESSID
            Frequency
            Mode
            Encryption
       All those events will be generated on all wireless  interfaces  by  the
       kernel wireless subsystem (but only if the driver has been converted to
       the new driver API).

       The second class of events are events generated by the  hardware,  when
       something happens or a task has been finished. Those events include :

       New Access Point/Cell address
              The  interface  has joined a new Access Point or Ad-Hoc Cell, or
              lost its association with it. This is the same address  that  is
              reported by iwconfig.

       Scan request completed
              A  scanning  request has been completed, results of the scan are
              available (see iwlist).

       Tx packet dropped
              A packet directed at this address has been dropped  because  the
              interface  believes  this  node  doesn't answer anymore (usually
              maximum of MAC level retry exceeded). This is usually  an  early
              indication  that  the node may have left the cell or gone out of
              range, but it may be due to fading or excessive contention.

       Custom driver event
              Event specific to the driver. Please check the driver documenta-
              tion.

       Registered node
              The   interface  has  successfully  registered  a  new  wireless
              client/peer. Will be generated mostly when the interface acts as
              an Access Point (mode Master).

       Expired node
              The  registration  of  the client/peer on this interface has ex-
              pired. Will be generated mostly when the interface  acts  as  an
              Access Point (mode Master).

       Spy threshold crossed
              The  signal  strength  for  one of the addresses in the spy list
              went under the low threshold or went above the high threshold.

       Most wireless drivers generate only a subset of those events,  not  all
       of  them, the exact list depends on the specific hardware/driver combi-
       nation. Please refer to driver documentation for details on  when  they
       are generated, and use iwlist(8) to check what the driver supports.

AUTHOR
       Jean Tourrilhes - jt@hpl.hp.com

SEE ALSO
       iwconfig(8), iwlist(8), iwspy(8), iwpriv(8), wireless(7).

net-tools                        23 June 2004                       IWEVENT(8)

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