On 12/22/09, Steven Friedrich <free...@insightbb.com> wrote: > What does "privacy" mean and why isn't it explained in any man page? > > Here's my ifconfig: > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:14:a5:2a:a5:db > inet 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g > status: associated > ssid FriedrichAir channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:17:3f:f1:3d:50 > country US authmode WPA privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 > mgmtrate 6 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL > > This wlan0 is configured to a NDIS wrapped Windows Ethernet driver. > New in 8.0, the bwi driver supports the same hardware. > When I get the ifconfig for wlan0 when it's configured for he bwi driver, > privacy said ON. > > What exactly does privacy mean and do I want it ?
Ignore it, if_ndis.c just forgot to set IEEE80211_F_PRIVACY flag. It set that flag mistakenly only when WEP is enabled. -- Paul B Mahol _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
