1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>struct cfg80211_connect_params</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers"><link rel="up" href="bk01ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. Actions and configuration"><link rel="prev" href="API-struct-cfg80211-ibss-params.html" title="struct cfg80211_ibss_params"><link rel="next" href="API-struct-cfg80211-pmksa.html" title="struct cfg80211_pmksa"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_connect_params</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-struct-cfg80211-ibss-params.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. Actions and configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-struct-cfg80211-pmksa.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-struct-cfg80211-connect-params"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>struct cfg80211_connect_params — 2 Connection parameters 3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><pre class="programlisting"> 4struct cfg80211_connect_params { 5 struct ieee80211_channel * channel; 6 struct ieee80211_channel * channel_hint; 7 const u8 * bssid; 8 const u8 * bssid_hint; 9 const u8 * ssid; 10 size_t ssid_len; 11 enum nl80211_auth_type auth_type; 12 const u8 * ie; 13 size_t ie_len; 14 bool privacy; 15 enum nl80211_mfp mfp; 16 struct cfg80211_crypto_settings crypto; 17 const u8 * key; 18 u8 key_len; 19 u8 key_idx; 20 u32 flags; 21 int bg_scan_period; 22 struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa; 23 struct ieee80211_ht_cap ht_capa_mask; 24 struct ieee80211_vht_cap vht_capa; 25 struct ieee80211_vht_cap vht_capa_mask; 26}; </pre></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1112721700"></a><h2>Members</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">channel</span></dt><dd><p> 27The channel to use or <code class="constant">NULL</code> if not specified (auto-select based 28on scan results) 29 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">channel_hint</span></dt><dd><p> 30The channel of the recommended BSS for initial connection or 31<code class="constant">NULL</code> if not specified 32 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">bssid</span></dt><dd><p> 33The AP BSSID or <code class="constant">NULL</code> if not specified (auto-select based on scan 34results) 35 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">bssid_hint</span></dt><dd><p> 36The recommended AP BSSID for initial connection to the BSS or 37<code class="constant">NULL</code> if not specified. Unlike the <em class="parameter"><code>bssid</code></em> parameter, the driver is 38allowed to ignore this <em class="parameter"><code>bssid_hint</code></em> if it has knowledge of a better BSS 39to use. 40 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ssid</span></dt><dd><p> 41SSID 42 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ssid_len</span></dt><dd><p> 43Length of ssid in octets 44 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">auth_type</span></dt><dd><p> 45Authentication type (algorithm) 46 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ie</span></dt><dd><p> 47IEs for association request 48 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ie_len</span></dt><dd><p> 49Length of assoc_ie in octets 50 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">privacy</span></dt><dd><p> 51indicates whether privacy-enabled APs should be used 52 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">mfp</span></dt><dd><p> 53indicate whether management frame protection is used 54 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">crypto</span></dt><dd><p> 55crypto settings 56 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">key</span></dt><dd><p> 57WEP key for shared key authentication 58 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">key_len</span></dt><dd><p> 59length of WEP key for shared key authentication 60 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">key_idx</span></dt><dd><p> 61index of WEP key for shared key authentication 62 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">flags</span></dt><dd><p> 63See <span class="structname">enum</span> cfg80211_assoc_req_flags 64 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">bg_scan_period</span></dt><dd><p> 65Background scan period in seconds 66or -1 to indicate that default value is to be used. 67 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ht_capa</span></dt><dd><p> 68HT Capabilities over-rides. Values set in ht_capa_mask 69will be used in ht_capa. Un-supported values will be ignored. 70 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ht_capa_mask</span></dt><dd><p> 71The bits of ht_capa which are to be used. 72 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">vht_capa</span></dt><dd><p> 73VHT Capability overrides 74 </p></dd><dt><span class="term">vht_capa_mask</span></dt><dd><p> 75The bits of vht_capa which are to be used. 76 </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1112738676"></a><h2>Description</h2><p> 77 </p><p> 78 79 This structure provides information needed to complete IEEE 802.11 80 authentication and association. 81</p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-struct-cfg80211-ibss-params.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="bk01ch02.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-struct-cfg80211-pmksa.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_ibss_params</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">struct cfg80211_pmksa</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html> 82