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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man9/ieee80211_bmiss.9 3.html b/static/freebsd/man9/ieee80211_bmiss.9 3.html deleted file mode 100644 index 55b693b8..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man9/ieee80211_bmiss.9 3.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">IEEE80211_BMISS(9)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Kernel Developer's Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">IEEE80211_BMISS(9)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">ieee80211_bmiss</code> — - <span class="Nd">802.11 beacon miss support</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include - <<a class="In">net80211/ieee80211_var.h</a>></code></p> -<p class="Pp"> - <br/> - <var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">ieee80211_beacon_miss</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct - ieee80211com *</var>);</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">net80211</code> software layer provides a - support framework for drivers that includes handling beacon miss events in - station mode. Drivers can dispatch beacon miss events that are recognized in - hardware or <code class="Nm">net80211</code> can detect beacon miss if the - driver dispatches received beacon frames through the normal receive path. - Software beacon miss support is especially useful when multiple vaps are - operating and any hardware beacon miss support is not available (e.g. - operating as an access point together with one or more station mode - vaps).</p> -<p class="Pp" id="ieee80211_beacon_miss">Drivers should dispatch beacon miss - events recognized in the driver with - <a class="permalink" href="#ieee80211_beacon_miss"><code class="Fn">ieee80211_beacon_miss</code></a>(). - This causes some number of ProbeRequest frames to be sent to the access - point to check if the association is still alive. If no response is received - and roaming mode is set to <code class="Dv">IEEE80211_ROAMING_AUTO</code> - then <code class="Nm">net80211</code> will try to re-associate and if that - fails trigger a scan to look for the access point or another suitable AP. - When the <code class="Nm">net80211</code> state machine is being operated - manually, e.g. by <a class="Xr">wpa_supplicant(8)</a>, then applications are - notified of the state change and are responsible for handling the work of - scanning for a new access point. The number of beacon miss events (without a - ProbeResponse) is user settable with the - <code class="Dv">IEEE80211_IOC_BMISSTHRESHOLD</code> request.</p> -<p class="Pp">Software beacon miss detection is enabled per-vap by setting the - <code class="Dv">IEEE80211_FEXT_SWBMISS</code> flag. Typically this is done - when a vap is setup when the - <code class="Dv">IEEE80211_CLONE_NOBEACONS</code> option is supplied to the - clone operation. But drivers may also force this when they know they need - help detecting beacon miss. When beacon miss is detected in software the - event is dispatched without driver involvement. Note that software beacon - miss handling is not limited to station mode; it can be used in any - operating mode where beacons from a peer station are received.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE - ALSO</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">wpa_supplicant(8)</a>, - <a class="Xr">ieee80211(9)</a>, <a class="Xr">ieee80211_vap(9)</a></p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">August 4, 2009</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |