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diff --git a/tools/l2ping.8 b/tools/l2ping.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b77ee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/l2ping.8 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.TH L2PING 8 "Jan 22 2002" BlueZ "Linux System Administration" +.SH NAME +l2ping \- Send L2CAP echo request and receive answer +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B l2ping +.RB [\| \-i +.IR <hciX> \|] +.RB [\| \-s +.IR size \|] +.RB [\| \-c +.IR count \|] +.RB [\| \-t +.IR timeout \|] +.RB [\| \-d +.IR delay \|] +.RB [\| \-f \|] +.RB [\| \-r \|] +.RB [\| \-v \|] +.I bd_addr + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +L2ping sends a L2CAP echo request to the Bluetooth MAC address +.I bd_addr +given in dotted hex notation. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-i " <hciX>" +The command is applied to device +.BI +hciX +, which must be the name of an installed Bluetooth device (X = 0, 1, 2, ...) +If not specified, the command will be sent to the first available Bluetooth +device. +.TP +.BI \-s " size" +The +.I size +of the data packets to be sent. +.TP +.BI \-c " count" +Send +.I count +number of packets then exit. +.TP +.BI \-t " timeout" +Wait +.I timeout +seconds for the response. +.TP +.BI \-d " delay" +Wait +.I delay +seconds between pings. +.TP +.B \-f +Kind of flood ping. Use with care! It reduces the delay time between packets +to 0. +.TP +.B \-r +Reverse ping (gnip?). Send echo response instead of echo request. +.TP +.B \-v +Verify response payload is identical to request payload. It is not required for +remote stacks to return the request payload, but most stacks do (including +Bluez). +.TP +.I bd_addr +The Bluetooth MAC address to be pinged in dotted hex notation like +.B 01:02:03:ab:cd:ef +or +.B 01:EF:cd:aB:02:03 +.SH AUTHORS +Written by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> and Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> +.PP +man page by Nils Faerber <nils@kernelconcepts.de>, Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk>. |