ENUM IEEE80211_STA_STATE(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 ok bestie, let's talk enum ieee80211_sta_state 🎀

so this little cutie lives in the Kernel API Manual, and the page is literally called enum ieee80211_sta_state(9). it's giving "small enum, big main character energy" and honestly? obsessed. it's the state machine for a station in mac80211, and once you get the vibe check you'll never unsee it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

enum ieee80211_sta_state — station state. that's it, that's the whole name, no cap. it's just the enum that tracks what stage of life a station is currently in ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum ieee80211_sta_state {
    IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST ,
    IEEE80211_STA_NONE ,
    IEEE80211_STA_AUTH ,
    IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC ,
    IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED

};

look at her. five constants, in order, immaculate. copy it exactly, don't get cute with it 🙈

✨ Constants ✨

okay so here's the whole glow-up journey a station goes on, in order:

  • IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST — station doesn't exist at all 😭 this one is a special state just for the add/remove transitions, so it's like the "no thoughts, head empty, not even here yet" phase.
  • IEEE80211_STA_NONE — station exists, but without any special state. she's here, she's just vibing, nothing extra 🫶
  • IEEE80211_STA_AUTH — station is authenticated 🔥 the handshake said yes.
  • IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC — station is associated 🎀 now she's actually linked up.
  • IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED — station is authorized (802.1X) 👑 the final boss form, the full send, the "you may enter" moment.
fr fr keep the order in mind — it's NOTEXIST → NONE → AUTH → ASSOC → AUTHORIZED, and NOTEXIST is only for add/remove transitions, so don't go treating it like a normal everyday state 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because the SEE ALSO on this page is a whole friend group. like, everyone showed up to the party. here's the entire guest list, in the exact order the page gives it:

and yeah — that's the WHOLE list, nobody got left out, not even one 😤 every single (9) is exactly where it belongs. iykyk.

that's the page, bestie 💖 it came to you straight out of ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it's the enum ieee80211_sta_state(9) page out of the Kernel API Manual. go forth, know your station states, and slay ✨💅🎀

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