Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 11:30:32 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 wi.4 Message-ID: <20020504113032.D12386@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200205031811.g43IBIp38028@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200205031811.g43IBIp38028@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Friday, 3 May 2002 at 11:11:18 -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> imp 2002/05/03 11:11:18 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> share/man/man4 wi.4
> Log:
> Minor tweaks:
> o go ahead and document ibss-master and ibss modes, since there are
> patches in the pipeline to support them.
OK, now I'm thoroughly confused. What's the difference between IBSS
and IBSS master? My understanding was that the term "master" applied
to the station providing the BSSID in IBSS mode, and that it didn't do
anything else. Is this just a way to tell the driver whether to form
an IBSS or not? If so, I'd suggest that you find some other term to
describe that station, since "master" suggests some other
functionality.
> o Note that they aren't implemented yet.
What needs to be done that wicontrol -p 1 -c 1 won't do?
I think it's *very* confusing to have mediaopts "ibss" and "adhoc".
According to the standard, they're the same thing (alright, literally:
The term ad hoc is often used as slang to refer to an IBSS.
At the very least, the mediaopt adhoc should be renamed demo-adhoc.
And yes, I think that it should be long enough to stop people going
for it automatically. It would probably be a good idea to have adhoc
as a synonym for ibss.
There's also a typo in the commit. I'd suggest the following changes:
--- wi.4 3 May 2002 18:11:17 -0000 1.18
+++ wi.4 4 May 2002 01:58:34 -0000
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
.Pp
All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O.
Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS,
-IBSS, WDS and ad-hoc operation modes.
+IBSS, WDS and "demo ad-hoc" operation modes.
Cards based on the Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 chips also support a
host-based access point mode which allows a card to act as a normal access
point (with some assistance from the
@@ -212,14 +212,14 @@
wepkey 0x8736639624
.Ed
.Pp
-Join an ad-hoc network with network name
+Join a demo ad-hoc network with network name
.Dq my_net .
.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
- mediaopt adhoc
+ mediaopt demo-adhoc
.Ed
.Pp
-Create an IBBS network with network name
+Create an IBSS network with network name
.Dq my_net .
.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
Note: The infrastructure for mediaopt ibss-master has not been
committed yet.
.Pp
-Join an IBBS network with network name
+Join an IBSS network with network name
.Dq my_net .
.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
Greg
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