Hello, Sam. You wrote 23 ?????? 2008 ?., 20:18:00: >>> 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 I understand this. And, IMHO, it is exact reason to not use "vap" as part of RC variables :) > (mesh support eventually). The terminology is unfortunately tied to the > original motivation. Maybe, terminology in scripts can be more generic and neutral? `wlan'? -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev_at_FreeBSD.org>Received on Wed Apr 23 2008 - 15:15:05 UTC
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