| WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) | System Manager's Manual | WPA_SUPPLICANT(8) | 
wpa_supplicant —
| wpa_supplicant | [ -BdhKLqstvW] [-bbr_ifname] [-Cctrl]-cconfig-file [-Ddriver] [-eentropy-file] [-fdebug-file] [-Gglobal-ctrl-group] [-gglobal-ctrl] [-Iadditional-config-file] [-iifname] [-Ooverride-ctrl] [-ooverride-driver] [-Ppidfile] [-pparameters] [-M[-iifname]-cconfig-file ...]
      [-N-iifname-cconfig-file ...] | 
wpa_supplicant utility is an implementation of the
  WPA Supplicant component, i.e., the part that runs in the client stations. It
  implements WPA key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and EAP authentication
  with an Authentication Server. In addition,
  wpa_supplicant controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11
  authentication/association support and can be used to configure static WEP
  keys based on identified networks.
The wpa_supplicant utility is designed to
    be a “daemon” program that runs in the background and acts as
    the backend component controlling the wireless connection. It supports
    separate frontend programs such as the text-based
    wpa_cli(8) program.
The following arguments must be specified on the command line:
-i
    ifname-c
    config-fileChanges to the configuration file can be reloaded by sending a
        SIGHUP signal to the
        wpa_supplicant process or with the
        wpa_cli(8) utility, using
        “wpa_cli reconfigure”.
-B-b
    br_ifname-C
    ctrl-D
    driver-d-f
    flag.-e
    entropy-file-f
    debug-file-d flag.-G
    global-ctrl-group-g
    global-ctrl-h-I
    additional-config-file-K-L-M
    [-i matchifname]
    -c config-file ...-i is not specified. If multiple
      interfaces are matched then wpa_supplicant will
      manage them all with a single process.-N
    -i ifname
    -c config-file ...wpa_supplicant will
      manage them all with a single process.-O
    override-ctrl-o
    override-driver-P
    pidfile-p
    parameters-q-d flag).-s-t-v-Wwpa_supplicant utility first appeared in
  NetBSD 4.0.
wpa_supplicant utility was written by
  Jouni Malinen
  <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>.
  This manual page is derived from the README file
  included in the wpa_supplicant distribution.
| June 19, 2019 | NetBSD 9.4 |