Re: HEADSUP: 802.11 vap support merged

From: Sam Leffler <sam_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:18:00 -0700
Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> Hello, Randy.
> You wrote 23 ?????? 2008 ?., 18:48:54:
>
>   
>> the difference between a wlan and a vap is subtle.
>>     
>   I don't thinks, that difference between client and server is subtile
> :) wlan is AP OR client, and VAP is AP only. And many comuters will be
> configured as clients, with wpa_supplicant, not hostapd :)
>
>   
A "vap" is just an ifnet cloned from an 802.11 device.  These have a 
fixed operatin mode that can be ap, ibss, sta, monitor, ahdemo, whatever 
(mesh support eventually).  The terminology is unfortunately tied to the 
original motivation.

    Sam
Received on Wed Apr 23 2008 - 14:18:01 UTC

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