Author: avos Date: Sat Dec 10 19:14:51 2016 New Revision: 309826 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/309826
Log: rsu(4): refresh the manpage. - Add monitor mode into the list of supported modes. - Describe promiscuous mode limitations in CAVEATS section. Reported by: adrian Modified: head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 Sat Dec 10 18:47:13 2016 (r309825) +++ head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 Sat Dec 10 19:14:51 2016 (r309826) @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd December 5, 2016 +.Dd December 10, 2016 .Dt RSU 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Also known as mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. +.It monitor mode +In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without +associating with an access point. +This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to +capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, +or to scan for access points. .El .Pp The @@ -183,3 +189,9 @@ The .Nm driver currently does not support 802.11n transmit aggregation, either A-MSDU or A-MPDU. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver does not capture management frames in non-monitor modes; +without this limitation some firmware functions (e.g., 'join bss') +will not work properly. _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
