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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  Protected Access (WPA) versions 1 and 2, as defined by
     IEEE802.11i standard. 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 Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
     while 802.11i was prepared. WPA2 implements the  full  stan-
     dard.


     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.



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System Administration Commands                           wpad(1M)



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 following 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  attri-
     butes:



     _____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |        ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|______________________________|
    | Availability                | service/network/wpa, SUNWwpar|
    |_____________________________|______________________________|
    | 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 facil-
     ity, smf(5), under the service identifier:




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System Administration Commands                           wpad(1M)



       svc:/network/wpa:




     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
     svcs(1) command.














































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