wpad(1m) - WPA and WPA2 protocol daemon

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System Administration Commands                                        wpad(1M)



NAME
       wpad - WPA and WPA2 protocol daemon

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


DESCRIPTION
       The  wpad daemon provides common client functionality for the WiFi Pro-
       tected Access (WPA) versions 1 and 2, as defined by  IEEE802.11i  stan-
       dard.  WPA  was  created by the WiFi Alliance, an industry trade group.
       WPA implements the majority of  the  IEEE  802.11i  standard,  and  was
       intended  as an intermediate measure to take the place of Wired Equiva-
       lent Privacy (WEP) while 802.11i was prepared. WPA2 implements the full
       standard.


       wpad provides the following WPA/IEEE 802.11i features:

           o      WPA-PSK ("WPA-Personal")

           o      Key management for CCMP, TKIP, WEP104, WEP40


       Stop and start the wpad daemon using dladm(1M). Use:

         # dladm connect-wifi




       ...to start the wpad daemon. Use:

         # dladm disconnect-wifi




       ...to stop the daemon.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -i interface

           Specify a WiFi Link interface to start the wpad daemon.


       -k pre_shared_key_name

           Specify the pre-shared key used for the WiFi Link.


EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Starting the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link


       To create the WPA key psk, enter the  following command:


         # dladm create-secobj -c wpa psk




       To use key psk to connect to ESSID wlan on link ath0, enter the follow-
       ing command:


         # dladm connect-wifi -k psk -e wlan ath0



       Example 2 Stopping the wpad Daemon on Specific WiFi Link


       To stop the daemon on the link ath0, enter:


         # dladm disconnect-wifi ath0



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:




       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |service/network/wpa          |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Uncommitted                  |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       svcs(1), dladm(1M), svcadm(1M), attributes(5), smf(5)

NOTES
       The wpad service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5),
       under the service identifier:

         svc:/network/wpa:<link>




       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).  The  service's
       status can be queried using the svcadm(1M) command.



SunOS 5.11                        11 Mar 2008                         wpad(1M)