wpad - WPA and WPA2 protocol daemon wpad

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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)