git: ebbe4bb15fc7 - main - wlan.4: Add 802.11ac to the list of supported standards
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Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:47:10 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ebbe4bb15fc7e74a72c54f5cc664c7a64cc1c8c2
commit ebbe4bb15fc7e74a72c54f5cc664c7a64cc1c8c2
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-06-09 14:43:56 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-06-09 14:44:40 +0000
wlan.4: Add 802.11ac to the list of supported standards
Our Wi-Fi documentation will benefit from more holistic improvement,
but we should at least include a reference to 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) after
all of the recent work.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
---
share/man/man4/wlan.4 | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wlan.4 b/share/man/man4/wlan.4
index 4cd1bfbdc9d5..62095fb81ede 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wlan.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wlan.4
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 5, 2023
+.Dd June 9, 2025
.Dt WLAN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module is required by all native 802.11 drivers.
.Nm
supports multi-mode devices capable of
operating in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and supports numerous
-802.11 standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, and 802.11s (Draft 3.0).
+802.11 standards: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac, and 802.11s (Draft 3.0).
The WPA, 802.11i, and 802.1x security protocols are supported
through a combination of in-kernel code and user-mode applications.
The WME/WMM multi-media protocols are supported entirely within