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author | Jonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com> | 2012-05-06 21:13:09 +0100 |
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committer | Jonathan McCrohan <jmccrohan@gmail.com> | 2012-05-06 21:13:09 +0100 |
commit | 3645c236e9720deb696e7aebc33cd9a6d8cbbdc6 (patch) | |
tree | 4d5f0add375be9eb1b913e5d437b811db8921aad /wavemon.1 | |
parent | 89de95a89953c20349a8c7c4684eba45feb34bf5 (diff) | |
download | wavemon-3645c236e9720deb696e7aebc33cd9a6d8cbbdc6.tar.gz |
Imported Upstream version 0.7.5upstream/0.7.5
Diffstat (limited to 'wavemon.1')
-rw-r--r-- | wavemon.1 | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ represents the same levels as a moving histogram. On startup, you'll see (depending on configuration) one of the different monitor screens. At the bottom, you'll find a \fImenu-bar\fR listing the -screens and their function key names. The following screens can be selected: +screens and their activating keys. Each screen is activated by either the +corresponding function key or the key corresponding to the first character +of the screen name. The following screens can be selected: .TP -.B Info (F1) +.B Info (F1 or 'i') This is the most comprehensive screen. It displays a condensed overview of wireless-specific parameters and network statistics, as well as bar graphs. The layout is arranged into several sub-sections. @@ -60,10 +62,8 @@ also determine the broadcast address (last 32 \- \fIprefix_len\fR bits set to 1), that address is shown only if it does not derive from the interface address and prefix length. Likewise, the interface MTU is shown only if it differs from the default Ethernet MTU of 1500 bytes. - -Another keyboard shortcut for this screen is '\fIi\fR'. .TP -.B Level histogram (F2) +.B Level histogram (F2 or 'l') This is a full-screen histogram plot showing the evolution of levels with time. The screen is partitioned into a grid, with dBm levels shown in green at the right hand side (depending on configuration). At the very minimum, @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ the evolution of the signal-level is shown. If the wireless driver also supports noise-level information, additionally a noise graph and associated SNR graph appear. .TP -.B Scan window (F3) +.B Scan window (F3 or 's') A periodically updated network scan, showing access points and other wireless clients, ordered by frequency and then descending order of signal quality. Each entry starts with the ESSID, followed by the colour-coded MAC @@ -81,26 +81,29 @@ points (in this case the mode is shown at the end of the line). The uncoloured information following the MAC address lists relative and absolute signal strengths, channel, frequency, and the mode if the node is not an access point. +A status line at the bottom informs about the most (least) crowded channels, +depending on how \fIsort_order\fR is set (reverse channel or other); see +\fBwavemonrc\fR(5). Please note that gathering meaningful scan data can take several seconds. Partly for this reason, the Scan window is the only screen that can not be suspended (CTRL-Z). .TP -.B Preferences (F7) +.B Preferences (F7 or 'p') This screen allows you to change all program options such as interface and level scale parameters, and to save the new settings to the configuration file. Select a parameter with <up> and <down>, then change the value with <left> and <right>. Please refer to \fBwavemonrc\fR(5) for an in-depth description of applicable settings. .TP -.B Help (F8) +.B Help (F8 or 'h') This page might show an online-help. .TP -.B About (F9) +.B About (F9 or 'a') Release information and contact URLs. .TP -\fBQuit (F10) -Exit \fIwavemon\fR. An alternative shortcut for quitting is '\fIq\fR'. +\fBQuit (F10 or 'q') +Exit \fIwavemon\fR. .LP \fBNote:\fR some operations, such as displaying encryption information or performing scans, require \fBCAP_NET_ADMIN\fR privileges (see \fBcapabilities\fR(7)). For non-root users, these can be |