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authorsam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-26 03:08:45 +0000
committersam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-26 03:08:45 +0000
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add beacon miss threshold control
Submitted by: Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> MFC after: 2 weeks
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 23, 2006
+.Dd July 25, 2006
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -576,6 +576,19 @@ The
.Ar interval
parameter is specified in TU's (1/1024 msecs).
By default beacon frames are transmitted every 100 TU's.
+.It Cm bmissthreshold Ar count
+Set the number of consecutive missed beacons at which the station
+will attempt to roam (i.e. search for a new access point).
+The
+.Ar count
+parameter is must be in the range 1 to 255; though the
+upper bound may be reduced according to device capabilities..
+The default threshold is 7 consecutive missed beacons; but
+this may be overridden by the device driver.
+Another name for the
+.Cm bmissthreshold
+parameter is
+.Cm bmiss .
.It Cm bssid Ar address
Specify the MAC address of the access point to use when operating
as a station in a BSS network.
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