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authorReyk Floeter <reyk@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-07-04 18:25:33 +0000
committerReyk Floeter <reyk@cvs.openbsd.org>2005-07-04 18:25:33 +0000
commit3ed76de4177fb4807b6bd65aeb1555804c510d2a (patch)
tree53ac07f8e2f8f15782ddec6daa0a36701a1c6e34 /usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5
parent46945a2b5135a3ff04f3ef0a30938ef529e5b066 (diff)
describe the difference between radiotap and pcap mode
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.510
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5
index cc8f456421f..745d417da15 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.conf.5,v 1.6 2005/07/04 18:12:31 reyk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.conf.5,v 1.7 2005/07/04 18:25:32 reyk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Reyk Floeter <reyk@vantronix.net>
.\"
@@ -112,14 +112,16 @@ This option could be omitted to use
.Xr hostapd 8
to log received IAPP messages.
.It Ic set hostap mode Ar mode
-Specify the Host AP mode.
+Specify the Host AP capture mode.
The supported modes are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width radiotap -offset indent -compact
.It Ic radiotap
-<radiotap mode>
+Capture IEEE 802.11 frames with additional radiotap headers.
+They will provide optional but useful information like received frame
+signal levels.
.It Ic pcap
-<pcap mode>
+Capture plain IEEE 802.11 frames.
.El
.It Ic set iapp interface Ar interface
Specify the mandatory Inter-Access-Point (IAPP) interface.