svn commit: r309826 - head/share/man/man4
Andriy Voskoboinyk
avos at FreeBSD.org
Sat Dec 10 19:14:52 UTC 2016
Author: avos
Date: Sat Dec 10 19:14:51 2016
New Revision: 309826
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/309826
Log:
rsu(4): refresh the manpage.
- Add monitor mode into the list of supported modes.
- Describe promiscuous mode limitations in CAVEATS section.
Reported by: adrian
Modified:
head/share/man/man4/rsu.4
Modified: head/share/man/man4/rsu.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 Sat Dec 10 18:47:13 2016 (r309825)
+++ head/share/man/man4/rsu.4 Sat Dec 10 19:14:51 2016 (r309826)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd December 5, 2016
+.Dd December 10, 2016
.Dt RSU 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Also known as
mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through
which all traffic passes.
This mode is the default.
+.It monitor mode
+In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without
+associating with an access point.
+This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to
+capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to,
+or to scan for access points.
.El
.Pp
The
@@ -183,3 +189,9 @@ The
.Nm
driver currently does not support 802.11n transmit aggregation,
either A-MSDU or A-MPDU.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+driver does not capture management frames in non-monitor modes;
+without this limitation some firmware functions (e.g., 'join bss')
+will not work properly.
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