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04/09/08 05:24:05 (4 years ago)
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mtaylor
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This patch cleans up the VAP creation API.

The need to use software instead of hardware for beacon timers in AP+STA mode (aka nosbeacon) is now just determined in software, as we always knew whether or not to enable this.

The confusing bssid and -bssid parameters are now deprecated.

The "uniquebssid" flag is equivalent to "bssid" and can be used to force IEEE80211_CLONE_BSSID flag. If this is not specified, then the BSSID used will be the next unused BSSID in the sequence, which could very well be the parent device's MAC address.

"uniquebssid" equates directly to IEEE80211_CLONE_BSSID" flag therefore.

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  • madwifi/trunk/tools/man/wlanconfig.8

    r2513 r3476  
    1919.SH "ARGUMENTS" 
    2020.TP 
    21 .B <vap> create [nounit] wlandev <base device> wlanmode <mode> [bssid|-bssid] [nosbeacon] 
     21.B <vap> create [nounit] wlandev <base device> wlanmode <mode> [uniquebssid] 
    2222Create the interface <vap> using the specified <base device> and <mode>. <vap> can either be a full interface name (e.g. 'ath0'), or just the suffix (e.g. 'ath'), in which case, the kernel will automatically append the next vacant integer. [nounit] will turn off the automatic integer increments. 
    2323.TP 
    …… 
    5050.SH "OPTIONS" 
    5151.TP 
     52.B uniquebssid 
     53Create the VAP using a new unique MAC address, different from the underlying device. 
     54.TP 
    5255.B bssid 
    53 Create the VAP using a different MAC address from the underlying device. 
     56Synonym for uniquebssid, for backward compatibility. 
    5457.TP 
    5558.B \-bssid 
    56 Create the VAP using the MAC address of the underlying device. 
    57 .TP  
     59Ignored for backward compatibility. 
     60.TP 
    5861.B nosbeacon 
    59 When both station VAPS and AP VAPs coexist, the station should be created with the nosbeacon flag set in order to disable the use of hardware beacon times for the station. 
     62Ignored for backward compatibility. 
    6063.PP 
    6164.SH "LIST ITEMS"