| wlan.4 (120447) | wlan.4 (130582) |
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| 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Rhodes 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" | 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Rhodes 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" |
| 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/wlan.4 120447 2003-09-25 23:56:20Z sam $ | 26.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/wlan.4 130582 2004-06-16 08:33:57Z ru $ |
| 27.\" 28.Dd September 25, 2003 29.Dt WLAN 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm wlan 33.Nd generic 802.11 link-layer support 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 41Currently it is required for the 42.Xr wi 4 , 43.Xr an 4 44and 45.Xr ath 4 46drivers but will eventually be required by all 802.11 drivers. 47.Pp 48If the associated interface is marked for debugging with, for example, | 27.\" 28.Dd September 25, 2003 29.Dt WLAN 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm wlan 33.Nd generic 802.11 link-layer support 34.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 6 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 41Currently it is required for the 42.Xr wi 4 , 43.Xr an 4 44and 45.Xr ath 4 46drivers but will eventually be required by all 802.11 drivers. 47.Pp 48If the associated interface is marked for debugging with, for example, |
| 49.Bd -literal -offset indent 50ifconfig wi0 debug 51.Ed | |
| 52.Pp | 49.Pp |
| 50.Dl "ifconfig wi0 debug" 51.Pp |
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| 53then messages describing the operation of the 802.11 protocol will 54be sent to the console. 55With the interface marked for debugging, doing: | 52then messages describing the operation of the 802.11 protocol will 53be sent to the console. 54With the interface marked for debugging, doing: |
| 56.Bd -literal -offset indent 57sysctl debug.ieee80211=1 58.Ed | |
| 59.Pp | 55.Pp |
| 56.Dl "sysctl debug.ieee80211=1" 57.Pp |
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| 60causes additional messages to be generated. 61Many drivers will also display the contents of each 802.11 frame 62sent and received when the interface is marked with | 58causes additional messages to be generated. 59Many drivers will also display the contents of each 802.11 frame 60sent and received when the interface is marked with |
| 63both debugging and ``link2''; e.g. 64.Bd -literal -offset indent 65ifconfig wi0 debug link2 66.Ed | 61both debugging and 62.Cm link2 ; 63e.g., |
| 67.Pp | 64.Pp |
| 65.Dl "ifconfig wi0 debug link2" 66.Pp |
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| 68Beware however that some management frames may be processed entirely within 69the device and not be received by the host. 70.Sh COMPATIBILITY 71The module name of 72.Nm 73was used to be compatible with 74.Nx . 75.Sh SEE ALSO --- 23 unchanged lines hidden --- | 67Beware however that some management frames may be processed entirely within 68the device and not be received by the host. 69.Sh COMPATIBILITY 70The module name of 71.Nm 72was used to be compatible with 73.Nx . 74.Sh SEE ALSO --- 23 unchanged lines hidden --- |