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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Non Numeric Argument Error Post 302221387 by joeyg on Monday 4th of August 2008 10:40:31 AM
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IZ(8)							  System Administration Utilities						     IZ(8)

NAME

       iz - configure an IEEE 802.15.4 interface

SYNOPSIS

       iz [options] [command]

DESCRIPTION

       Manage IEEE 802.15.4 network interfaces

OPTIONS

       -d, --debug[=N]
	      print netlink messages and other debug information

       -v, --version
	      print version

       -h, --help
	      print help

   Common commands:
       help   [command]

	      Print detailed help for a command.

       event  [iface]

	      Monitor events from the kernel (^C to stop).

   PHY 802.15.4 commands:
       listphy
	      [phy]

	      List phys(s).

       add    phy [iface]

	      Add an interface attached to specified phy.

       del    [phy] iface

	      Delete the specified interface.

   MAC 802.15.4 commands:
       scan   <iface> <ed|active|passive|orphan> <channels> <duration>

	      Perform network scanning on specified channels.

       assoc  <iface> <pan> <coord> <chan> ['short']

	      Associate with a given network via coordinator.

       disassoc
	      <iface> <addr> <reason>

	      Disassociate from a network.

       list   [iface]

	      List interface(s).

AUTHOR

       Written by Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov, Sergey Lapin and Maxim Osipov

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to linux-zigbee-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

       Userspace tools for Linux IEEE 802.15.4 stack homepage <http://linux-zigbee.sourceforge.net/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 by Siemens AG License GPLv2 GNU GPL version 2 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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