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| author | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-05-22 15:43:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-05-22 15:43:48 +0000 |
| commit | 141bf7f9d501b90858e2f16425a70d6e95fb4e68 (patch) | |
| tree | 28e75aff0cbf0d667ccc449120b1fa2df2582280 /share/man | |
| parent | b736a355c143b92a25693faedbd9fbf93a6b2d6c (diff) | |
document monitor mode.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/iwi.4 | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwi.4 index 96dfdbbc532..576bf1cbe7a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/iwi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.16 2005/03/22 18:30:52 sturm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.17 2005/05/22 15:43:47 damien Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 .\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. @@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ Also known as mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This is the only mode available for this card. +.It monitor mode +In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +associating with an access point. +This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +or to scan for access points. .El .Pp .Nm @@ -148,8 +154,10 @@ which are loaded on demand when the device is attached: .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-boot .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-bss .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ibss +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-monitor .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-bss .It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-ibss +.It Pa /etc/firmware/iwi-ucode-monitor .El .Pp These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant |