l2control(8)

l2control8

L2cap configuration utility

Usage

l2control [-hn] -a local command [parameters ...]

Overview

The l2control utility connects to the local device with the specified BD_ADDR or name and attempts to send the specified command. The l2control utility will print results to the standard output and error messages to the standard error output.

The options are as follows:

-a local

Connect to the local device with the specified BD_ADDR or name. Example: -a 00:01:02:03:04:05 or -a bt_device.

-h

Display usage message and exit.

-n

Show Bluetooth addresses as numbers. Normally l2control attempts to resolve Bluetooth addresses, and display them symbolically.

command

One of the supported commands (see below). The special command help can be used to obtain a list of all supported commands. To get more information about a specific command use help command.

parameters

One or more optional space separated command parameters.

Commands

The currently supported node commands in l2control are:

Read_Node_Flags
Read_Debug_Level
Write_Debug_Level
Read_Connection_List
Read_Channel_List
Read_Auto_Disconnect_Timeout
Write_Auto_Disconnect_Timeout

Exit status

The l2control utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

Releases

52 releases since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE; the text changed 33 times.

  1. 5.3–5.5
  2. 6.0–6.3
  3. 6.4
  4. 7.0
  5. 7.1
  6. 7.2
  7. 7.3
  8. 7.4
  9. 8.0
  10. 8.1
  11. 8.2
  12. 8.3
  13. 8.4
  14. 9.0
  15. 9.1
  16. 9.2
  17. 9.3
  18. 10.0
  19. 10.1
  20. 10.2
  21. 10.3
  22. 10.4
  23. 11.0
  24. 11.1
  25. 11.2
  26. 11.3
  27. 11.4
  28. 12.0
  29. 12.1
  30. 12.2
  31. 12.3
  32. 12.4
  33. 13.0–13.2
  34. 13.3–16.0

Authors

Maksim Yevmenkin ⟨[email protected]⟩

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.