HEADSUP: 802.11 vap support merged

[Lev Serebryakov]

Hello, Sam.
You wrote 23 ?????? 2008 ?., 20:18:00:

>>> the difference between a wlan and a vap is subtle.
>>>     
>>   I don't thinks, that difference between client and server is subtile
>> :) wlan is AP OR client, and VAP is AP only. And many comuters will be
>> configured as clients, with wpa_supplicant, not hostapd :)
>>
>>   
> A "vap" is just an ifnet cloned from an 802.11 device.  These have a 
> fixed operatin mode that can be ap, ibss, sta, monitor, ahdemo, whatever
  I understand this. And, IMHO, it is exact reason to not use "vap" as
part of RC variables :)

> (mesh support eventually).  The terminology is unfortunately tied to the
> original motivation.
 Maybe, terminology in scripts can be more generic and neutral? `wlan'?

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