enum_ieee80211_if_types(9)

enum_ieee80211_if_types9

Types of 802.11 network interfaces

Usage

enum ieee80211_if_types {
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_WDS,
  IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_VLAN
};  

Constants

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID

invalid interface type, not used by mac80211 itself

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP

interface in AP mode.

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA

interface in STA (client) mode.

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS

interface in IBSS (ad-hoc) mode.

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT

802.11s mesh point

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR

interface in monitor (rfmon) mode.

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_WDS

interface in WDS mode.

IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_VLAN

VLAN interface bound to an AP, drivers will never see this type.

Author

Johannes Berg <[email protected]>

Author.

From linux-manual-2.6.26 2.6.26-29 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.