11: Monitor Mode
Monitor Mode Commands
The following commands are available in Monitor Mode. Many commands have an IP address as an optional parameter (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). If you enter the IP address, the command is applied to another unit with that IP address. If you do not enter the IP address, the command is executed locally.
Note: All commands must be in capital letters. Responses to some of the commands are in Intel Hex format.
Table 11-2 Monitor Mode Commands
Command | Command Name | Function |
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VS x.x.x.x | Version | Queries software header record (16 bytes) of unit with IP |
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| address x.x.x.x. |
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GC x.x.x.x | Get Configuration | Gets configuration of unit with IP address x.x.x.x as hex |
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| records (120 bytes). |
SC x.x.x.x | Send Configuration | Sets configuration of unit with IP address x.x.x.x from |
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| hex records. |
PI x.x.x.x | Ping | Pings unit with IP address x.x.x.x to check device status. |
AT | ARP Table | Shows the unit’s ARP table entries. |
TT | TCP Connection Table | Shows all incoming and outgoing TCP connections. |
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NC | Network Connection | Shows the unit’s current IP address, gateway, subnet |
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| mask, and DNS server. |
RS | Reset | Resets the unit’s power. |
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QU | Quit | Exits diagnostics mode. |
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G0, G1, ....,Ge, Gf | Get configuration from | Gets a memory page of configuration information from |
| memory page | the device. |
S0, S1,...,Se, Sf | Set configuration to | Sets a memory page of configuration information on the |
| memory page | device. |
GM | Get MAC address | Shows the unit's |
SS | Set Security record | Sets the Security record without the encryption key and |
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| length parameters. The entire record must still be |
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| written, but the |
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| be provided (they can be null since they are not |
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| overwritten). |
SA | Scan | Initiates a wireless scan if the wireless interface is |
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| enabled. Reports any stations found, including BSSID, |
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| SSID, and RSSI. If SA is followed by a string, the string |
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| is used to filter SSIDs before reporting. If the BSS does |
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| not broadcast its SSID, only the BSSID and RSSI are |
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| returned. |
NS | Network Status | Reports the network interfaces’ statuses. Includes |
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| potentially negotiated parameters like speed/duplex for |
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| Ethernet or BSSID, encryption, authentication for |
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| wireless interfaces. |
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