Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:44:23 GMT From: Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 140048 for review Message-ID: <200804142144.m3ELiNhN071686@repoman.freebsd.org>
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http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=140048 Change 140048 by sam@sam_ebb on 2008/04/14 21:43:52 document cloning parameters Affected files ... .. //depot/projects/vap/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8#11 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/projects/vap/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8#11 (text+ko) ==== @@ -584,7 +584,81 @@ the hardware will be re-initialized. .El .Pp -The following parameters are specific to IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces: +The following parameters are specific to cloning +IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces with the +.Cm create +request: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Cm wlandev Ar device +Use +.Ar device +as the parent for the cloned device. +.It Cm wlanmode Ar mode +Specify the operating mode for this cloned device. +.Ar mode +is one of +.Cm sta , +.Cm ahdemo +(or +.Cm adhoc-demo ), +.Cm ibss , +(or +.Cm adhoc ), +.Cm ap , +(or +.Cm hostap ), +.Cm wds , +and +.Cm monitor . +The operating mode of a cloned interface cannot be changed. +.It Cm wlanbssid Ar bssid +The 802.11 mac address to use for the bssid. +This must be specified at create time for a legacy +.Cm wds +device. +.It Cm wlanaddr Ar address +The local mac address. +If this is not specified then a mac address will automatically be assigned +to the cloned device. +Typically this address is the same as the address of the parent device +but if the +.Cm bssid +parameter is specified then the driver will craft a unique address for +the device (if supported). +.It Cm wdslegacy +Mark a +.Cm wds +device as operating in ``legacy mode''. +Legacy +.Cm wds +devices have a fixed peer relationship and do not, for example, roam +if their peer stops communicating. +For completeness a Dynamic WDS (DWDS) interface may marked as +.Fl wdslegacy . +.It Cm bssid +Request a unique local mac address for the cloned device. +This is only possible if the device supports multiple mac addresses. +To force use of the parent's mac address use +.Fl bssid . +.It Cm beacons +Mark the cloned interface as depending on hardware support to +track received beacons. +To have beacons tracked in software use +.Fl beacons . +For +.Cm hostap +mode +.Fl beacons +can also be used to indicate no beacons should +be transmitted; this can be useful when creating a WDS configuration but +.Cm wds +interfaces can only be created as companions to an access point. +.El +.Pp +The following parameters are specific to IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces +cloned with a +.Cm create +operation: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Cm ampdu Enable sending and receiving AMPDU frames when using 802.11n (default).
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