From 1a44eb07509d6fe9ed9149ce70443e5f506a2ae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brueffer Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:22:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Information about the capability flags in 'ifconfig foo0 scan' output. Most content by: avatar Reviewed by: sam Approved by: re (hrs) MFC after: 3 days --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index e001cc88bc4c..07f1a022e6ed 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 5, 2005 +.Dd July 11, 2005 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -751,6 +751,35 @@ Additionally, the SSID may be cleared by setting it to .It Cm scan Display the current set of scanned neighbors and/or trigger a new scan. Only the super-user can trigger a scan. +Depending on the capabilities of the APs, the following +flags can be included in the output: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxxx +.It E +Extended Service Set (ESS). +Indicates that the station is part of an infrastructure network +(in contrast to an IBSS/ad-hoc network). +.It I +IBSS/ad-hoc network. +Indicates that the station is part of an ad-hoc network +(in contrast to an ESS network). +.It P +Privacy. +Data confidentiality is required for all data type frames +exchanged within the BSS. +This means that this BSS requires the station to +use cryptographic means such as WEP, TKIP or AES-CCMP to +encrypt/decrypt data frames being exchanged with others. +.It S +Short Preamble. +Indicates that the network is using short preambles (defined +in 802.11b High Rate/DSSS PHY, short preamble utilizes a +56 bit sync field in contrast to a 128 bit field used in long +preamble mode). +.It s +Short slot time. +Indicates that the network supports short slot time. +.El .It Cm stationname Ar name Set the name of this station. It appears that the station name is not really part of the IEEE 802.11