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136 lines
4.1 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2005
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.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com> All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
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.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 30, 2007
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.Dt NDIS_EVENTS 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ndis_events
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.Nd relay events from
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.Xr ndis 4
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drivers to
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl a
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl v
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility listens for events generated by an
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.Xr ndis 4
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wireless network driver and relays them to
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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for possible processing.
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The three event types that can occur
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are media connect and disconnect events, such as when a wireless
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interface joins or leaves a network, and media-specific events.
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In particular,
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.Xr ndis 4
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drivers that support WPA2 will generate media-specific events
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containing PMKID candidate information which
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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needs in order to properly associate with WPA2-capable access points.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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daemon works by listening for interface information events via
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a routing socket.
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When it detects an event that was generated by an
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.Xr ndis 4
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interface, it transmits it via UDP packet on the loopback interface,
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where
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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is presumeably listening.
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The standard
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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distribution includes its own version of this utility for use with
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.Tn Windows\[rg] .
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The
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.Fx
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version performs the same functions as the
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.Tn Windows\[rg]
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one, except that it uses an
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.Xr ioctl 4
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and routing socket interface instead of WMI.
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.Pp
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Note that a single instance of
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.Nm
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is sufficient to scan for events for any number of
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.Xr ndis 4
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interfaces in a system.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The
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.Nm
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daemon supports the following options:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Process all events.
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By default,
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.Nm
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will only process and forward media-specific events, which contain
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PMKID candidate information, and not bother forwarding connect and
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disconnect events, since
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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normally can determine the current link state on its own.
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In some
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cases, the additional connect and disconnect events only confuse it
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and make the association and authentication process take longer.
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.It Fl d
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Run in debug mode.
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This causes
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.Nm
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to run in the foreground and generate any output to the standard
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error instead of using the
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.Xr syslog 3
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facility.
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.It Fl v
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Run in verbose mode.
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This causes
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.Nm
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to emit notifications when it receives events.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ndis 4 ,
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Fx 6.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@windriver.com .
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