I was looking at the wlanapi.h
in windows and I noticed that the WLAN adapter can be configured into one of the following operation modes using the WlanSetInterface method.
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_UNKNOWN 0x00000000
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_STATION 0x00000001
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_AP 0x00000002
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_EXTENSIBLE_STATION 0x00000004
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_EXTENSIBLE_AP 0x00000008
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_WFD_DEVICE 0x00000010
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_WFD_GROUP_OWNER 0x00000020
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_WFD_CLIENT 0x00000040
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_MANUFACTURING 0x40000000
#define DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_NETWORK_MONITOR 0x80000000
Station, AP (Access Point), WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) and monitor modes are well-known and are talked about in the networking literature. What are these modes?
extensible station
extensible AP
manufacturing
and how they differ from station and AP modes respectively?
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