On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:15:21PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > 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'? Sam and I discussed this and I'm going to change the variable names to wlan(s)_*. -- Brooks
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