Bug 141245
| Summary: | [handbook][patch] Chapter 31.3 Wireless Networking: Update sample /etc/rc.conf entry for FreeBSD 8.X | ||||||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Glen Barber <glen.j.barber> | ||||
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Marc Fonvieille <blackend> | ||||
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
| Priority: | Normal | ||||||
| Version: | Latest | ||||||
| Hardware: | Any | ||||||
| OS: | Any | ||||||
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Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->blackend Grab this one since I've the wireless update chapter on my todo list. State Changed From-To: open->patched Change the state of the PR since I fixed the client part since a while but I still need to update the hostapd part. State Changed From-To: patched->closed Let's close this one since the problem has been fixed. |
From UPDATING: 20080420: The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss operation on devices that are capable. The underlying device is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are cloned with ifconfig. This requires changes to rc.conf files. The attached patch notes this change in the Handbook. Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: