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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/ieee80211_node.9 126596 2004-03-04 12:52:10Z bms $
$Id: ieee80211_node.9,v 1.6 2004/03/04 12:33:27 bruce Exp $

.Dd March 2, 2004 .Dt ieee80211_node 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ieee80211_node .Nd software 802.11 stack node management functions .Sh SYNOPSIS n net80211/ieee80211_var.h n net80211/ieee80211_proto.h n net80211/ieee80211_node.h .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_node_attach "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_node_lateattach "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_node_detach "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_begin_scan "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_next_scan "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_create_ibss "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct ieee80211_channel *chan" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_end_scan "struct ifnet *ifp" .Ft struct ieee80211_node * .Fn ieee80211_alloc_node "struct ieee80211com *ic" "u_int8_t *macaddr" .Ft struct ieee80211_node * .Fn ieee80211_dup_bss "struct ieee80211com *ic" "u_int8_t *macaddr" .Ft struct ieee80211_node * .Fn ieee80211_find_node "struct ieee80211com *ic" "u_int8_t *macaddr" .Ft struct ieee80211_node * .Fn ieee80211_lookup_node "struct ieee80211com *ic" "u_int8_t *macaddr" "struct ieee80211_channel *chan" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_free_node "struct ieee80211com *ic" "struct ieee80211_node *ni" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_free_allnodes "struct ieee80211com *ic" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_timeout_nodes "struct ieee80211com *ic" .Ft void .Fn ieee80211_iterate_nodes "struct ieee80211com *ic" "ieee80211_iter_func *f" "void *arg" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm collection of functions are used to manage node lists within the software 802.11 stack. These lists are typically used for implementing host-mode AP functionality, or providing signal quality information about neighbouring nodes. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ieee80211 9 , .Xr ifnet 9 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm series of functions first appeared in .Nx 1.5 , and were later ported to .Fx 4.6 . .Sh AUTHORS This man page was written by .An Bruce M. Simpson Aq bms@FreeBSD.org and .An Darron Broad Aq darron@kewl.org .