WLANSTAT(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 15.1

💅 WLANSTAT(8) — like, the wireless stats era ✨

okay so bestie, this is wlanstat, from the System Manager's Manual (section 8, we love a sysadmin moment) 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

wlanstat — query 802.11 wireless network statistics 💖

like literally it goes and asks your wifi what's up and reports back. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

wlanstat [-h] [-i ifnet] [-l] [-m station_MAC_address] [-o fmt]
         [interval]

she takes options and a trailing interval if you're feeling patient 🦋

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

wlanstat is the tool for querying 802.11 statistics on a wlan(4) interface. it's giving "tell me everything about my wifi, bestie" 🔥

run wlanstat with zero options and she'll just show you the current statistics for the wlan0 network interface — that's the default, mwah 😌

here's the whole menu of options, and yes i'm listing every single one:

  • -h — print usage and exit. short and sweet, a little goodbye kiss 👋
  • -i ifnet — report information for the specified ifnet instead of the default wlan0. like, go look at that interface instead 💅
  • -l — list all the field names and their descriptions. the full lore drop, iykyk 📖
  • -m station_MAC_address — request information for the station specified by the given MAC_address. per-station tea, specifically for that one station 🍓
  • -o fmt — set the format of the fields to query. this can be either a pre-defined tag — one of default, ampdu, or amsdu — or a comma separated list of field names without space. no spaces, bestie, i'm serious, the comma-separated list has to have no space in it 😭
lowkey reminder: -o accepts exactly default, ampdu, or amsdu as tags, or the comma-separated-no-space field name list. don't invent new tags, she will not know them 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

also! the /usr/src/tools/tools/net80211 directory contains more utilities that might be relevant to debug wireless issues 👑 like if you're deep in the wifi trenches, that's where the other tools live 🧚

🌈 a lil sign-off 🌈

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go forth and query those 802.11 stats, bestie. slay. periodt. ⭐

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