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| author |   damien <damien@openbsd.org> | 2010-08-18 19:18:30 +0000 |
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| committer | damien <damien@openbsd.org> | 2010-08-18 19:18:30 +0000 |
| commit | 823a16149fe634e50f5ed5db2e61972e52955b15 (patch) | |
| tree | 17deb4ecb3aa31e36d1a37489c0d7573e6a73860 | |
| parent | fix a test that prevents division by zero (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-823a16149fe634e50f5ed5db2e61972e52955b15.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-823a16149fe634e50f5ed5db2e61972e52955b15.zip | |
document Host AP mode with the usual CAVEATS
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/athn.4 | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/athn.4 b/share/man/man4/athn.4 index 2b39b284e2e..d204ae6adc8 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/athn.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/athn.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.9 2010/04/29 09:20:17 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: athn.4,v 1.10 2010/08/18 19:18:30 damien Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 18 2010 $ .Dt ATHN 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ Also known as mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. +.It Host AP +In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) +for other cards. .It monitor mode In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. @@ -161,6 +164,14 @@ channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 .Ed .Pp +The following +.Xr hostname.if 5 +example creates a host-based access point on boot: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect \e + mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11 +.Ed +.Pp Configure athn0 to join network .Dq my_net using WPA-PSK with passphrase @@ -228,3 +239,7 @@ the adapters. Additional work is required in .Xr ieee80211 9 before those features can be supported. +.Pp +Host AP mode doesn't support power saving. +Clients attempting to use power saving mode may experience significant +packet loss (disabling power saving on the client will fix this). |