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@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@ -.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" |