1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Rhodes 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD$ 27.\" 28.Dd March 25, 2003 29.Dt WLAN 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm wlan 33.Nd generic 802.11 link-layer support 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Cd "device wlan" 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39device provides generic code to support 802.11 40drivers, including host AP mode. 41Currently it is required for the 42.Xr wi 4 , 43.Xr an 4 44and 45.Xr ath 4 46drivers but will eventually be required by all 802.11 drivers. 47.Sh COMPATIBILITY 48The module name of 49.Nm 50was used to be compatible with 51.Nx . 52.Sh SEE ALSO 53.Xr an 4 , 54.Xr ath 4 , 55.Xr awi 4 , 56.Xr netintro 4 , 57.Xr wi 4 58.Sh STANDARDS 59More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard. 60.Sh HISTORY 61The 62.Nm 63driver first appeared in 64.Fx 5.0 . 65.Sh AUTHORS 66Support for generic 802.11 devices was adapted from 67.Nx 68by 69.An -nosplit 70.An Sam Leffler Aq sam@FreeBSD.org . 71This manual page was written by 72.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . 73