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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-09-25 23:56:20 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-09-25 23:56:20 +0000 |
commit | fb15d26ca01df69ce5165056c5c3d6b8a3fe9b02 (patch) | |
tree | 6773039d5f0fa9c9e0e62bcae7a7045622332d82 /share/man/man4/wlan.4 | |
parent | 5e5cd0a0f40094d421cb4e9bd1a4ce688f72e4c3 (diff) | |
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o add information about the debugging tools
o give proper attribution to Atsushi Onoe
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wlan.4 b/share/man/man4/wlan.4 index 713cbcb..035d339 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wlan.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wlan.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 25, 2003 +.Dd September 25, 2003 .Dt WLAN 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -44,6 +44,29 @@ Currently it is required for the and .Xr ath 4 drivers but will eventually be required by all 802.11 drivers. +.Pp +If the associated interface is marked for debugging with, for example, +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wi0 debug +.Ed +.Pp +then messages describing the operation of the 802.11 protocol will +be sent to the console. +With the interface marked for debugging, doing: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +sysctl debug.ieee80211=1 +.Ed +.Pp +causes additional messages to be generated. +Many drivers will also display the contents of each 802.11 frame +sent and received when the interface is marked with +both debugging and ``link2''; e.g. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig wi0 debug link2 +.Ed +.Pp +Beware however that some management frames may be processed entirely within +the device and not be received by the host. .Sh COMPATIBILITY The module name of .Nm @@ -63,10 +86,13 @@ The driver first appeared in .Fx 5.0 . .Sh AUTHORS -Support for generic 802.11 devices was adapted from +Atsushi Onoe is the original author of this software. +The .Nx +support was adapted to +.Fx by .An -nosplit -.An Sam Leffler Aq sam@FreeBSD.org . +.An Sam Leffler . This manual page was written by .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . |