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ifconfig.8: fix cpability and flag descriptions for list scan / sta

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Some capability descriptions under list scan actually described flags.
Some capability descriptions were missing.
Some flag descriptions under list sta actually described capabilites.

Reviewed by:	adrian
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25014
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Andriy Gapon 2020-06-04 13:06:49 +00:00
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 17, 2019
.Dd June 4, 2020
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -1511,39 +1511,30 @@ Depending on the capabilities of the stations the following
flags can be included in the output:
.Bl -tag -width 3n
.It Li A
Authorized.
Indicates that the station is permitted to send/receive data frames.
Channel agility.
.It Li B
PBCC modulation.
.It Li C
Poll request capability.
.It Li D
DSSS/OFDM capability.
.It Li E
Extended Rate Phy (ERP).
Indicates that the station is operating in an 802.11g network
using extended transmit rates.
.It Li H
High Throughput (HT).
Indicates that the station is using HT transmit rates.
If a `+' follows immediately after then the station associated
using deprecated mechanisms supported only when
.Cm htcompat
is enabled.
Extended Service Set (ESS).
.It Li I
Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS).
.It Li P
Power Save.
Indicates that the station is operating in power save mode.
.It Li Q
Quality of Service (QoS).
Indicates that the station is using QoS encapsulation for
data frame.
QoS encapsulation is enabled only when WME mode is enabled.
Privacy capability.
The station requires authentication.
.It Li R
Robust Secure Network (RSN).
.It Li S
Short Preamble.
Indicates that the station is doing short preamble to optionally
improve throughput performance with 802.11g and 802.11b.
.It Li T
Transitional Security Network (TSN).
Indicates that the station associated using TSN; see also
.Cm tsn
below.
.It Li W
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
Indicates that the station associated using WPS.
.It Li c
Pollable capability.
.It Li s
Short slot time capability.
.El
.Pp
By default interesting information elements captured from the neighboring
@ -1585,8 +1576,7 @@ Capabilities advertised by the stations are described under
the
.Cm scan
request.
Depending on the capabilities of the stations the following
flags can be included in the output:
The following flags can be included in the output:
.Bl -tag -width 3n
.It Li A
Authorized.
@ -1598,7 +1588,9 @@ using extended transmit rates.
.It Li H
High Throughput (HT).
Indicates that the station is using HT transmit rates.
If a `+' follows immediately after then the station associated
If a
.Sq Li +
follows immediately after then the station associated
using deprecated mechanisms supported only when
.Cm htcompat
is enabled.
@ -1611,9 +1603,10 @@ Indicates that the station is using QoS encapsulation for
data frame.
QoS encapsulation is enabled only when WME mode is enabled.
.It Li S
Short Preamble.
Indicates that the station is doing short preamble to optionally
improve throughput performance with 802.11g and 802.11b.
Short GI in HT 40MHz mode enabled.
If a
.Sq Li +
follows immediately after then short GI in HT 20MHz mode is enabled as well.
.It Li T
Transitional Security Network (TSN).
Indicates that the station associated using TSN; see also
@ -1622,6 +1615,8 @@ below.
.It Li W
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).
Indicates that the station associated using WPS.
.It Li s
Short GI in HT 20MHz mode enabled.
.El
.Pp
By default information elements received from associated stations