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authorDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-09-19 19:59:08 +0000
committerDamien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-09-19 19:59:08 +0000
commitdc552528f4605adef5476d4f205e85958463ceae (patch)
treeb2a7e1b872a5c05be7168ea768f422e745d489c6 /share/man
parent52558c64d88826cb07c5af47442871545daa78e2 (diff)
Document IBSS support.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/iwi.415
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/iwi.4 b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
index 59e32412c59..2767adfd2da 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/iwi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/iwi.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.20 2005/06/09 09:03:38 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: iwi.4,v 1.21 2005/09/19 19:59:07 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved.
@@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ Also known as
.Em infrastructure
mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
which all traffic passes.
-This is the only mode available for this card.
+This mode is the default.
+.It IBSS mode
+Also known as
+.Em IEEE ad-hoc
+mode or
+.Em peer-to-peer
+mode.
+This is the standardized method of operating without an access point.
+Stations associate with a service set.
+However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer.
.It monitor mode
In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without
associating with an access point.
@@ -108,6 +117,8 @@ The
driver supports the following media options:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width monitor -compact
+.It Cm ibss
+Select IBSS operation.
.It Cm monitor
Select monitor mode.
.El