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Wireless Modes
For setting up the wireless modes see Howto & Recipes
iw list
has a section with Supported interface modes
AP
AP ... Access Point Also called “master” mode.
AP/vlan
IBSS (Ad-Hoc)
MESH POINT (802.11s)
see mesh.80211s
MONITOR
radiotap headers package survey and injection
OCB
Outside Context of a BSS
P2P Client
P2P client
P2P-GO
“GO” ... group owner
Station (Client)
Alternative name: managed mode Mode when connected to an AP.
WDS
4address/4-address mode see: IEEE 4-address
Links
- Mode list taken from include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
- linux-wireless mailing list