WMWLMON(1)                 OpenBSD Reference Manual                 WMWLMON(1)

NAME
     wmwlmon - Wireless Monitor wmdockapp

SYNOPSIS
     wmwlmon [-Dhvw] [-i interface] [-s scrolling] [-display display]

DESCRIPTION
     wmwlmon is a wmdockapp which shows the state of a wireless network inter-
     face.  In the title you see the network interface name and a led showing
     if the interface link is active.  As next you see the signal strength
     from the conntected access point in dB (decibel).  The bar shows the sig-
     nal strength in percents.  If the bar is full, it means that you have the
     full throughput of the bandwidth displayed in Mbps.  As next you see the
     channel number.  A red lock shines if WEP is enabled.  The last line
     shows the network id.

     If no interface is set at startup, wmwlmon scans all initialized inter-
     faces until the first wireless interface is found and uses that.

OPTIONS
     -D      Debug mode.  Instead starting a wmdockapp, the data is sent to
             stdout.

     -h      Prints short listing of wmwlmon options.

     -v      Shows version.

     -w      Enable WaveLAN compatibility.  If a device is named wi* it gets
             recognized as WaveLAN device automatically.  Otherwise you can
             force WaveLAN compatibility by this option.

     -i interface
             Set interface.

     -s scrolling
             Network id scrolling.  If a network id is to long to display in
             the wmdockapp window it will be scrolled by default.  The
             scrolling types are:

             -s 0          Disable scrolling.  Long network id's will be cut
                           down to 8 characters.
             -s 1          LCD scrolling (default).  The network id moves from
                           left to right separated by a space.
             -s 2          Bounce scrolling.  The network id moves from left
                           to right and bounces back from right to left.
             -s 3          Fade scrolling.  The network id moves from left to
                           right, fading out and begins again.

     -display display
             Set display name.

HISTORY
     First version of wmwlmon appeared in 2005.

THANKS
     Thanks to Claudio Jeker, Marc Winiger, Marc Balmer, and Matthieu Herrb
     for their support.

AUTHORS
     Marcus Glocker 

CAVEATS
     As I can't test wmwlmon with every wireless chipset for which a driver
     exists, because I don't have them all, it is most possible that with some
     chipsets the behavement of wmwlmon is wrong, or some informations are
     missing.  If you have such a chipset causing troubles, please report me,
     including a dmesg and a problem explanation.

     Full supported devices known yet:

           ath(4)
           iwi(4)
           ral(4)
           upgt(4)
           wi(4)
           wpi(4)

     Partial supported devices known yet:

           atw(4)
           ipw(4)

OpenBSD 4.3                       Jul 9, 2006                                2