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home | helpWLAN(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual WLAN(4) NAME wlan - generic 802.11 link-layer support SYNOPSIS device wlan DESCRIPTION The wlan device provides generic code to support 802.11 drivers, including host AP mode. Currently it is required for the wi(4), an(4) and ath(4) drivers but will eventually be required by all 802.11 drivers. If the associated interface is marked for debugging with, for example, ifconfig wi0 debug then messages describing the operation of the 802.11 protocol will be sent to the console. With the interface marked for debugging, doing: sysctl debug.ieee80211=1 causes additional messages to be generated. Many drivers will also display the contents of each 802.11 frame sent and received when the interface is marked with both debugging and ``link2''; e.g. ifconfig wi0 debug link2 Beware however that some management frames may be processed entirely within the device and not be received by the host. COMPATIBILITY The module name of wlan was used to be compatible with NetBSD. SEE ALSO an(4), ath(4), awi(4), netintro(4), wi(4) STANDARDS More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard. HISTORY The wlan driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0. AUTHORS Atsushi Onoe is the original author of this software. The NetBSD support was adapted to FreeBSD by Sam Leffler. This manual page was written by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE September 25, 2003 FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE
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