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-.TH wavemon 1 "March 2012" Linux "User Manuals"
+.TH wavemon 1 "January 2015" Linux "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
wavemon \- a wireless network monitor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B wavemon [-h] [-i
.I ifname
-.B ] [-l] [-r] [-v]
+.B ] [-g] [-v]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIwavemon\fR is a ncurses-based monitoring application for wireless network
devices. It plots levels in real-time as well as showing wireless and network
-related device information. Currently, wavemon is still based on the wireless
-extensions by Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>.
+related device information.
The \fIwavemon\fR interface splits into different "screens".
Each screen presents information in a specific manner. For example, the
@@ -79,17 +78,18 @@ address and the signal/channel information. A green/red MAC address indicates
an (un-)encrypted access point, the colour changes to yellow for non-access
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.
+absolute signal strengths, channel, frequency, and station-specific information.
+The station-specific information includes the station type (ESS for Access Point,
+IBSS for Ad-Hoc network), station count and channel utilisation.
+
A status line at the bottom informs about the current sort order and a few
statistics, such as most (least) crowded channels (least crowded channels
are listed when sorting by descending channel).
The \fIsort_order\fR can also directly be changed via these keyboard shortcuts:
\fIa\fRscending, \fId\fRescending; by \fIe\fRssid, \fIs\fRignal, \fIc\fRhannel (\fIC\fR also with signal),
-or by \fIo\fRpen access (\fIO\fR also with signal).
+\fIm\fRac address, or by \fIo\fRpen access (\fIO\fR also with signal).
-Please note that gathering meaningful scan data can take several seconds.
.TP
.B Preferences (F7 or 'p')
This screen allows you to change all program options such as interface and
@@ -113,14 +113,10 @@ enabled by installing \fIwavemon\fR setuid-root.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-i \fIinterface\fR\fR"
override autodetection and use the specified \fIinterface\fR.
-.IP "\fB\-d\fR"
-dump interface parameters to stdout and exit.
.IP "\fB\-g\fR"
check screen \fIgeometry\fR: a minimum size is required for proper display; this flag
adds a check to ensure it is sufficiently large. Enable this if window does not display
properly.
-.IP "\fB\-r\fR"
-generate random levels (for testing purposes).
.IP "\fB\-h\fR"
print help and exit.
.IP "\fB\-v\fR"