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authorAndriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>2020-06-04 13:06:49 +0000
committerAndriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>2020-06-04 13:06:49 +0000
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ifconfig.8: fix cpability and flag descriptions for list scan / sta
Some capability descriptions under list scan actually described flags. Some capability descriptions were missing. Some flag descriptions under list sta actually described capabilites. Reviewed by: adrian MFC after: 1 week Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25014
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=361787
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.863
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index a6f07a11bc38..0fde75a2f654 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 December 17, 2019
+.Dd June 4, 2020
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1511,39 +1511,30 @@ Depending on the capabilities of the stations the following
flags can be included in the output:
.Bl -tag -width 3n
.It Li A
-Authorized.
-Indicates that the station is permitted to send/receive data frames.
+Channel agility.
+.It Li B
+PBCC modulation.
+.It Li C
+Poll request capability.
+.It Li D
+DSSS/OFDM capability.
.It Li E
-Extended Rate Phy (ERP).
-Indicates that the station is operating in an 802.11g network
-using extended transmit rates.
-.It Li H
-High Throughput (HT).
-Indicates that the station is using HT transmit rates.
-If a `+' follows immediately after then the station associated
-using deprecated mechanisms supported only when
-.Cm htcompat
-is enabled.
+Extended Service Set (ESS).
+.It Li I
+Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).
.It Li P
-Power Save.
-Indicates that the station is operating in power save mode.
-.It Li Q
-Quality of Service (QoS).
-Indicates that the station is using QoS encapsulation for
-data frame.
-QoS encapsulation is enabled only when WME mode is enabled.
+Privacy capability.
+The station requires authentication.
+.It Li R
+Robust Secure Network (RSN).
.It Li S
Short Preamble.
Indicates that the station is doing short preamble to optionally
improve throughput performance with 802.11g and 802.11b.
-.It Li T
-Transitional Security Network (TSN).
-Indicates that the station associated using TSN; see also
-.Cm tsn
-below.
-.It Li W
-Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
-Indicates that the station associated using WPS.
+.It Li c
+Pollable capability.
+.It Li s
+Short slot time capability.
.El
.Pp
By default interesting information elements captured from the neighboring
@@ -1585,8 +1576,7 @@ Capabilities advertised by the stations are described under
the
.Cm scan
request.
-Depending on the capabilities of the stations the following
-flags can be included in the output:
+The following flags can be included in the output:
.Bl -tag -width 3n
.It Li A
Authorized.
@@ -1598,7 +1588,9 @@ using extended transmit rates.
.It Li H
High Throughput (HT).
Indicates that the station is using HT transmit rates.
-If a `+' follows immediately after then the station associated
+If a
+.Sq Li +
+follows immediately after then the station associated
using deprecated mechanisms supported only when
.Cm htcompat
is enabled.
@@ -1611,9 +1603,10 @@ Indicates that the station is using QoS encapsulation for
data frame.
QoS encapsulation is enabled only when WME mode is enabled.
.It Li S
-Short Preamble.
-Indicates that the station is doing short preamble to optionally
-improve throughput performance with 802.11g and 802.11b.
+Short GI in HT 40MHz mode enabled.
+If a
+.Sq Li +
+follows immediately after then short GI in HT 20MHz mode is enabled as well.
.It Li T
Transitional Security Network (TSN).
Indicates that the station associated using TSN; see also
@@ -1622,6 +1615,8 @@ below.
.It Li W
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
Indicates that the station associated using WPS.
+.It Li s
+Short GI in HT 20MHz mode enabled.
.El
.Pp
By default information elements received from associated stations