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| 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/net80211.4 232250 2012-02-28 13:19:34Z gavin $ | 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/net80211.4 233648 2012-03-29 05:02:12Z eadler $ |
| 30.\" 31.Dd July 10, 2009 32.Dt NET80211 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm net80211 36.Nd standard interface to IEEE 802.11 devices 37.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 156 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 194.Dv IEEE80211_AUTH_WPA 195(WPA/802.11i/802.1x authentication). 196.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BEACON_INTERVAL 197Return the time between Beacon frames (in TU) in 198.Va i_val . 199.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN 200Return whether background scanning is enabled in 201.Va i_val . | 30.\" 31.Dd July 10, 2009 32.Dt NET80211 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm net80211 36.Nd standard interface to IEEE 802.11 devices 37.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 156 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 194.Dv IEEE80211_AUTH_WPA 195(WPA/802.11i/802.1x authentication). 196.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BEACON_INTERVAL 197Return the time between Beacon frames (in TU) in 198.Va i_val . 199.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN 200Return whether background scanning is enabled in 201.Va i_val . |
| 202When this value is non-zero and operating in station mode | 202When this value is non-zero and operating in station mode |
| 203the station will periodically leave 204the current channel and scan for neighboring stations. 205See also 206.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_IDLE 207and 208.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_INTERVAL . 209.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_IDLE 210Return in --- 127 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 338.Va i_val , 339whether or not Greenfield preamble use is enabled. 340This setting is meaningful only when operating with 802.11n on an HT channel. 341.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_HIDESSID 342Return, in 343.Va i_val , 344whether SSID hiding/cloaking is enabled. 345SSID hiding is only meaningful when operating as an access point. | 203the station will periodically leave 204the current channel and scan for neighboring stations. 205See also 206.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_IDLE 207and 208.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_INTERVAL . 209.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_BGSCAN_IDLE 210Return in --- 127 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 338.Va i_val , 339whether or not Greenfield preamble use is enabled. 340This setting is meaningful only when operating with 802.11n on an HT channel. 341.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_HIDESSID 342Return, in 343.Va i_val , 344whether SSID hiding/cloaking is enabled. 345SSID hiding is only meaningful when operating as an access point. |
| 346When this is enabled Beacon frames do not include the SSID and | 346When this is enabled Beacon frames do not include the SSID and |
| 347ProbeRequest frames are not answered unless they include the AP's SSID. 348This value will be non-zero when SSID hiding is enabled and otherwise zero. 349.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_HTCOMPAT 350Return, in 351.Va i_val , 352whether or not 802.11n compatibility support is enabled. 353The 802.11n protocol specification went through several incompatible iterations. 354Some vendors implemented 11n support to older specifications that --- 104 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 459(power save operation is enabled). 460.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVESLEEP 461Return the powersave sleep time in TU in 462.Va i_val . 463This value is also termed the listen interval and represents the maximum time 464a station will sleep before waking to retrieve packets buffered by 465an access point. 466.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY | 347ProbeRequest frames are not answered unless they include the AP's SSID. 348This value will be non-zero when SSID hiding is enabled and otherwise zero. 349.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_HTCOMPAT 350Return, in 351.Va i_val , 352whether or not 802.11n compatibility support is enabled. 353The 802.11n protocol specification went through several incompatible iterations. 354Some vendors implemented 11n support to older specifications that --- 104 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 459(power save operation is enabled). 460.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVESLEEP 461Return the powersave sleep time in TU in 462.Va i_val . 463This value is also termed the listen interval and represents the maximum time 464a station will sleep before waking to retrieve packets buffered by 465an access point. 466.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY |
| 467Return the current MLME setting for PRIVACY in | 467Return the current MLME setting for PRIVACY in |
| 468.Va i_val . 469When PRIVACY is enabled all data packets must be encrypted. 470This value will be zero if PRIVACY is disabled and 471non-zero when PRIVACY is enabled. 472.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PROTMODE 473Return the current 802.11g protection mode in 474.Va i_val . 475Protection is the mechanism used to safeguard 802.11b stations operating --- 612 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1088.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVE 1089above for valid values. 1090This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1091.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVESLEEP 1092Set the powersave sleep time in TU to the value in 1093.Va i_val . 1094This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1095.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY | 468.Va i_val . 469When PRIVACY is enabled all data packets must be encrypted. 470This value will be zero if PRIVACY is disabled and 471non-zero when PRIVACY is enabled. 472.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PROTMODE 473Return the current 802.11g protection mode in 474.Va i_val . 475Protection is the mechanism used to safeguard 802.11b stations operating --- 612 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1088.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVE 1089above for valid values. 1090This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1091.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_POWERSAVESLEEP 1092Set the powersave sleep time in TU to the value in 1093.Va i_val . 1094This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1095.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY |
| 1096Set the current MLME setting for PRIVACY using the value in | 1096Set the current MLME setting for PRIVACY using the value in |
| 1097.Va i_val . 1098See 1099.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY 1100above for details. 1101.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PROTMODE 1102Set the current 802.11g protection mode to the value in 1103.Va i_val . 1104This request causes a running interface to be reset. --- 95 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1200Set the interval between Beacon frames to the value in 1201.Va i_val . 1202Values must be positive. 1203This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1204.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOT 1205Set the current TDMA slot to the value in 1206.Va i_val . 1207Values must be in the range [0-slotcnt]. | 1097.Va i_val . 1098See 1099.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PRIVACY 1100above for details. 1101.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_PROTMODE 1102Set the current 802.11g protection mode to the value in 1103.Va i_val . 1104This request causes a running interface to be reset. --- 95 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1200Set the interval between Beacon frames to the value in 1201.Va i_val . 1202Values must be positive. 1203This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1204.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOT 1205Set the current TDMA slot to the value in 1206.Va i_val . 1207Values must be in the range [0-slotcnt]. |
| 1208Slot 0 identifies the master in the TDMA network; if it running it will | 1208Slot 0 identifies the master in the TDMA network; if it running it will |
| 1209immediately start sending Beacon frames. 1210.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOTCNT 1211Set the number of slots in the TDMA network to the value in 1212.Va i_val . 1213This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1214.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOTLEN 1215Set the length of the TDMA slot assigned to each station in the network 1216to the value in --- 102 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1209immediately start sending Beacon frames. 1210.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOTCNT 1211Set the number of slots in the TDMA network to the value in 1212.Va i_val . 1213This request causes a running interface to be reset. 1214.It Dv IEEE80211_IOC_TDMA_SLOTLEN 1215Set the length of the TDMA slot assigned to each station in the network 1216to the value in --- 102 unchanged lines hidden --- |