wpad(1m) - osol9

1wpad(1M)                System Administration Commands                wpad(1M)
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NAME

6       wpad - WPA and WPA2 protocol daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/lib/inet/wpad [-i interface] [-k pre_shared_key_name]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  wpad daemon provides common client functionality for the WiFi Pro‐
14       tected Access (WPA) versions 1 and 2, as defined by  IEEE802.11i  stan‐
15       dard.  WPA  was  created by the WiFi Alliance, an industry trade group.
16       WPA implements the majority of  the  IEEE  802.11i  standard,  and  was
17       intended  as an intermediate measure to take the place of Wired Equiva‐
18       lent Privacy (WEP) while 802.11i was prepared. WPA2 implements the full
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22       wpad provides the following WPA/IEEE 802.11i features:
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26           o      Key management for CCMP, TKIP, WEP104, WEP40
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29       Stop and start the wpad daemon using dladm(1M). Use:
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36       ...to start the wpad daemon. Use:
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OPTIONS

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50           Specify a WiFi Link interface to start the wpad daemon.
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EXAMPLES

59       Example 1 Starting the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link
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62       To create the WPA key psk, enter the  following command:
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78       Example 2 Stopping the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link
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ATTRIBUTES

89       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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94       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
95       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
96       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
97       │Availability                 │SUNWwpau, SUNWwpar           │
98       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
99       │Interface Stability          │Uncommitted                  │
100       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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NOTES

106       The wpad service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5),
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114       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
115       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).  The  service's
116       status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
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120SunOS 5.11                        11 Mar 2008                         wpad(1M)