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IWEVENT(8)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		    IWEVENT(8)

NAME
       iwevent	-  Display  Wireless  Events  generated by drivers and setting
       changes

SYNOPSIS
       iwevent

DESCRIPTION
       iwevent displays Wireless Events received through the RTNetlink socket.
       Each line displays the specific Wireless Event which describes what has
       happened on the specified wireless interface.
       This command doesn't take any arguments.

DISPLAY
       There are two classes of Wireless Events.

       The first class is events related to a change of wireless  settings  on
       the  interface  (typically  done	 through  iwconfig or a script calling
       iwconfig).  Only settings that could result in a disruption of  connec‐
       tivity  are reported. The events currently reported are changing one of
       the following setting :
	    Network ID
	    ESSID
	    Frequency
	    Mode
	    Encryption
       All those events will be generated on all wireless  interfaces  by  the
       kernel wireless subsystem (but only if the driver has been converted to
       the new driver API).

       The second class of events are events generated by the  hardware,  when
       something happens or a task has been finished. Those events include :

       New Access Point/Cell address
	      The  interface  has joined a new Access Point or Ad-Hoc Cell, or
	      lost its association with it. This is the same address  that  is
	      reported by iwconfig.

       Scan request completed
	      A	 scanning  request has been completed, results of the scan are
	      available (see iwlist).

       Tx packet dropped
	      A packet directed at this address has been dropped  because  the
	      interface	 believes  this	 node  doesn't answer anymore (usually
	      maximum of MAC level retry exceeded). This is usually  an	 early
	      indication  that	the node may have left the cell or gone out of
	      range, but it may be due to fading or excessive contention.

       Custom driver event
	      Event specific to the driver. Please check the driver documenta‐
	      tion.

       Registered node
	      The   interface  has  successfully  registered  a	 new  wireless
	      client/peer. Will be generated mostly when the interface acts as
	      an Access Point (mode Master).

       Expired node
	      The  registration	 of  the  client/peer  on  this	 interface has
	      expired. Will be generated mostly when the interface acts as  an
	      Access Point (mode Master).

       Spy threshold crossed
	      The  signal  strength  for  one of the addresses in the spy list
	      went under the low threshold or went above the high threshold.

       Most wireless drivers generate only a subset of those events,  not  all
       of  them, the exact list depends on the specific hardware/driver combi‐
       nation. Please refer to driver documentation for details on  when  they
       are generated, and use iwlist(8) to check what the driver supports.

AUTHOR
       Jean Tourrilhes - jt@hpl.hp.com

SEE ALSO
       iwconfig(8), iwlist(8), iwspy(8), iwpriv(8), wireless(7).

net-tools			 23 June 2004			    IWEVENT(8)
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