How to get status information from hostapd?

Question

I want to get status information from hostapd. I want to know how many wifi-devices connected, what is mac address, ip and session for each device. It will be nice to get notification if new user connected. How can I get it?

Answer 1

Old post but if someone is searching ...

You can use hostapd_cli.  You can also use cat /var/log/syslog | grep hostapd.

You can change the debug level in starting script /etc/init.d/hostapd.  Adding -d or -dd in this file will add more information in /var/log/syslog.