ENUM NL80211_STA_FLAGS(9)

💅 enum nl80211_sta_flags(9) — station flags, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally all about the little flags you can slap on a station in nl80211. no cap, it's short and it's iconic. let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

enum nl80211_sta_flags — station flags 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum nl80211_sta_flags {
    __NL80211_STA_FLAG_INVALID ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHORIZED ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_SHORT_PREAMBLE ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_WME ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_ASSOCIATED ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_SPP_AMSDU ,
    __NL80211_STA_FLAG_AFTER_LAST ,
    NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX

};

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🧚 CONSTANTS 🧚

okay let's meet the whole cast, one flag at a time 👑

• __NL80211_STA_FLAG_INVALID — attribute number 0 is reserved. it's the empty seat at the table, don't sit there 🙈
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHORIZED — station is authorized (802.1X). it's giving "you may pass" energy 💅
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_SHORT_PREAMBLE — station is capable of receiving frames with short barker preamble. short king behavior, honestly 🎀
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_WME — station is WME/QoS capable ✨
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP — station uses management frame protection. protected, as she should be 🛡️
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED — station is authenticated 🔥
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER — station is a TDLS peer. but listen, this flag should only be used in managed mode (even in the flags mask). also note that the flag can't be changed — it is only valid while adding a station, and attempts to change it will silently be ignored (rather than rejected as errors). so like… it just ghosts you instead of yelling at you 💀
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_ASSOCIATED — station is associated; used with drivers that support NL80211_FEATURE_FULL_AP_CLIENT_STATE to transition a previously added station into associated state 🌈
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_SPP_AMSDU — station supports SPP A-MSDUs. slay 💜
• __NL80211_STA_FLAG_AFTER_LAST — internal use. no thoughts, just vibes 🫶
• NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX — highest station flag number currently defined 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so these are station flags, periodt. the key detail you cannot miss: when a station is added to an AP interface, it is assumed to be already associated (and hence authenticated). like, she arrives fully ready, no warm-up needed 💖

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💫 SEE ALSO 💫

okay bestie, this is the part where the manpage just keeps going 😭 but every single one matters, so here's the full guest list:

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
• Station handling(9)
• Frame transmission/registration support(9)
• Virtual interface / concurrency capabilities(9)
• packet coalesce support(9)
• WPA/WPA2 EAPOL handshake offload(9)
• FILS shared key authentication offload(9)
• SAE authentication offload(9)
• VLAN offload support for setting group keys and binding STAs to VLANs(9)
• TID configuration(9)
• FILS shared key crypto offload(9)
• Multi-Link Operation(9)
• OWE DH IE handling offload(9)
• enum nl80211_commands(9)
• enum nl80211_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_iftype(9)
• enum nl80211_sta_p2p_ps_status(9)
• struct nl80211_sta_flag_update(9)
• enum nl80211_he_gi(9)
• enum nl80211_he_ltf(9)
• enum nl80211_he_ru_alloc(9)
• enum nl80211_eht_gi(9)
• enum nl80211_eht_ltf(9)
• enum nl80211_eht_ru_alloc(9)
• enum nl80211_rate_info(9)
• enum nl80211_sta_bss_param(9)
• enum nl80211_sta_info(9)
• enum nl80211_tid_stats(9)
• enum nl80211_txq_stats(9)
• enum nl80211_mpath_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_mpath_info(9)
• enum nl80211_band_iftype_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_band_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_phy_cap_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_wmm_rule(9)
• enum nl80211_frequency_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_bitrate_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_reg_initiator(9)
• enum nl80211_reg_type(9)
• enum nl80211_reg_rule_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_reg_rule_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_dfs_regions(9)
• enum nl80211_user_reg_hint_type(9)
• enum nl80211_survey_info(9)
• enum nl80211_mntr_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode(9)
• enum nl80211_meshconf_params(9)
• enum nl80211_mesh_setup_params(9)
• enum nl80211_txq_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_channel_type(9)
• enum nl80211_key_mode(9)
• enum nl80211_chan_width(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_scan_width(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_use_for(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_cannot_use_reasons(9)
• enum nl80211_bss(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_status(9)
• enum nl80211_auth_type(9)
• enum nl80211_key_type(9)
• enum nl80211_mfp(9)
• enum nl80211_key_default_types(9)
• enum nl80211_key_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_tx_rate_attributes(9)
• struct nl80211_txrate_vht(9)
• struct nl80211_txrate_he(9)
• struct nl80211_txrate_eht(9)
• enum nl80211_band(9)
• enum nl80211_ps_state(9)
• enum nl80211_attr_cqm(9)
• enum nl80211_cqm_rssi_threshold_event(9)
• enum nl80211_tx_power_setting(9)
• enum nl80211_tid_config(9)
• enum nl80211_packet_pattern_attr(9)
• struct nl80211_pattern_support(9)
• enum nl80211_wowlan_triggers(9)
• TCP connection wakeup(9)
• struct nl80211_wowlan_tcp_data_seq(9)
• struct nl80211_wowlan_tcp_data_token(9)
• struct nl80211_wowlan_tcp_data_token_feature(9)
• enum nl80211_wowlan_tcp_attrs(9)
• struct nl80211_coalesce_rule_support(9)
• enum nl80211_attr_coalesce_rule(9)
• enum nl80211_coalesce_condition(9)
• enum nl80211_iface_limit_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_if_combination_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_plink_state(9)
• enum nl80211_plink_action(9)
• enum nl80211_rekey_data(9)
• enum nl80211_hidden_ssid(9)
• enum nl80211_sta_wme_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_pmksa_candidate_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_tdls_operation(9)
• enum nl80211_ap_sme_features(9)
• enum nl80211_feature_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_ext_feature_index(9)
• enum nl80211_probe_resp_offload_support_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_connect_failed_reason(9)
• enum nl80211_timeout_reason(9)
• enum nl80211_scan_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_acl_policy(9)
• enum nl80211_smps_mode(9)
• enum nl80211_radar_event(9)
• enum nl80211_dfs_state(9)
• enum nl80211_protocol_features(9)
• enum nl80211_crit_proto_id(9)
• enum nl80211_rxmgmt_flags(9)
• struct nl80211_vendor_cmd_info(9)
• enum nl80211_tdls_peer_capability(9)
• enum nl80211_sched_scan_plan(9)
• struct nl80211_bss_select_rssi_adjust(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_select_attr(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_function_type(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_publish_type(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_func_term_reason(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_func_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_srf_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_match_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_band_conf_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_conf_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_external_auth_action(9)
• enum nl80211_ftm_responder_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_preamble(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_type(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_status(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_req(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_resp(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_req_type(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_peer_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_capa(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_type_capa(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_req(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_failure_reasons(9)
• enum nl80211_peer_measurement_ftm_resp(9)
• enum nl80211_obss_pd_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_bss_color_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_iftype_akm_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_fils_discovery_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_unsol_bcast_probe_resp_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_sae_pwe_mechanism(9)
• enum nl80211_sar_type(9)
• enum nl80211_sar_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_sar_specs_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_mbssid_config_attributes(9)
• enum nl80211_ap_settings_flags(9)
• enum nl80211_wiphy_radio_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_wiphy_radio_freq_range(9)
• enum nl80211_s1g_short_beacon_attrs(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_capabilities(9)
• enum nl80211_nan_peer_map_attrs(9)

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that's the whole thing, bestie, you ate that 🍓

ngl the whole page comes from ./include/uapi/linux, dated October 2026, and it's filed under enum nl80211_sta_flags(9). take care of her 💖✨