Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:41:27 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: 802.11 vap support merged Message-ID: <20080423184127.GB46081@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <29742224.20080423211521@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <480D6667.4020509@errno.com> <20080422200616.GA44541@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <480E79F9.40303@freebsd.org> <480F358A.2000009@psg.com> <20080423142628.GA44288@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <480F4C56.7070009@psg.com> <11410077632.20080423195800@serebryakov.spb.ru> <480F6138.7000803@freebsd.org> <29742224.20080423211521@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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--GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:15:21PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Sam. > You wrote 23 ?????? 2008 ?., 20:18:00: >=20 > >>> the difference between a wlan and a vap is subtle. > >>> =20 > >> I don't thinks, that difference between client and server is subtile > >> :) wlan is AP OR client, and VAP is AP only. And many comuters will be > >> configured as clients, with wpa_supplicant, not hostapd :) > >> > >> =20 > > A "vap" is just an ifnet cloned from an 802.11 device. These have a=20 > > fixed operatin mode that can be ap, ibss, sta, monitor, ahdemo, whatever > I understand this. And, IMHO, it is exact reason to not use "vap" as > part of RC variables :) >=20 > > (mesh support eventually). The terminology is unfortunately tied to the > > original motivation. > Maybe, terminology in scripts can be more generic and neutral? `wlan'? Sam and I discussed this and I'm going to change the variable names to wlan(s)_*. -- Brooks --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFID4LXXY6L6fI4GtQRAhZdAJ4sxz24/rjaOd/0tMunSPgthKCPqwCg5w+M GKrnAxKh7vDKtxQAAmZwh5w= =p+Sr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GID0FwUMdk1T2AWN--
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