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| author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-12-14 19:44:39 +0000 |
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| committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-12-14 19:44:39 +0000 |
| commit | 7ead3abfe74262477a8fea5b232a80a4cad3fbb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 9971cdb7f770b2e24c7a6c55e4e6810c83695420 /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
| parent | 7fcf256cd8e3d55bb6e44e883a134573d8323ece (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-7ead3abfe74262477a8fea5b232a80a4cad3fbb2.zip FreeBSD-src-7ead3abfe74262477a8fea5b232a80a4cad3fbb2.tar.gz | |
add control for packet bursting
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 0aa6e67..b42943d 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 12, 2005 +.Dd December 14, 2005 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -570,6 +570,19 @@ Another name for the .Cm bssid parameter is .Cm ap . +.It Cm burst +Enable packet bursting. +Packet bursting is a transmission technique whereby the wireless +medium is acquired once to send multiple frames and the interframe +spacing is reduced. +This technique can significantly increase throughput by reducing +transmission overhead. +Packet bursting is supported by the 802.11e QoS specification +and some devices that do not support QoS may still be capable. +By default packet bursting is enabled if a device is capable +of doing it. +To disable packet bursting, use +.Fl burst . .It Cm chanlist Ar channels Set the desired channels to use when scanning for access points, neighbors in an IBSS network, or looking for unoccupied |
