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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-02-24 15:14:56 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-02-24 15:14:56 +0000
commited87d2375ffd276e39df84228dc6deb06bb21284 (patch)
tree17b0e5dd79cd93dd07daa37953e5c58edddf68a4 /share
parent305b10fee04deec8d850c0cf764efe5854a6a578 (diff)
ok, last commit was partly wrong: an(4) uses BSS by default,
so adjust the surrounding text accordingly; verified by and ok dlg@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/an.421
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/an.4 b/share/man/man4/an.4
index 2aff12d2285..f866ba9ad75 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/an.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/an.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: an.4,v 1.26 2005/02/21 10:22:43 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: an.4,v 1.27 2005/02/24 15:14:55 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -85,17 +85,18 @@ selectable between 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps or
.Pp
By default, the
.Nm
-driver configures the Aironet card for IBSS operation with an SSID
-of "".
-In this mode,
-stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access
-point.
-To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using
-the
-.Xr ancontrol 8
-utility.
+driver configures the card for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
+This mode requires the use of an access point (base station).
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver also supports the standard IBSS point-to-point mode,
+where stations can communicate amongst themselves
+without the aid of an access point.
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
+.Xr ancontrol 8
+and
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag