Bug 151952
| Summary: | No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Jared Barneck <rhyous> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Glen Barber <gjb> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
Author: gjb (doc committer) Date: Sat Mar 12 19:05:39 2011 New Revision: 219574 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219574 Log: Add example of using 'scan' for wireless networks, similarly to OpenBSD's ifconfig(8). PR: 151952 Submitted by: Jared (rhyous of yahoo com) MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 12 17:05:18 2011 (r219573) +++ head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 12 19:05:39 2011 (r219574) @@ -2537,6 +2537,10 @@ Create the software network interface Destroy the software network interface .Li gif1 : .Dl # ifconfig gif1 destroy +.Pp +Scan for wireless networks using +.Li wlan0 : +.Dl # ifconfig wlan0 scan .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: open->patched Patched in HEAD. MFC in 1 week. Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->gjb I'll take this. Author: gjb (doc committer) Date: Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011 New Revision: 219765 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219765 Log: MFC 219574,219575: - Add example of using 'scan' for wireless networks, similarly to OpenBSD's ifconfig(8)[1]. - remove unneeded newline PR: 151952 [1] Modified: stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Directory Properties: stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ (props changed) Modified: stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 19 00:31:35 2011 (r219764) +++ stable/8/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011 (r219765) @@ -2508,7 +2508,6 @@ to use 100baseTX, full duplex Ethernet m .Dl # ifconfig xl0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex .Pp Label the em0 interface as an uplink: -.Pp .Dl # ifconfig em0 description \&"Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2\&" .Pp Create the software network interface @@ -2518,6 +2517,10 @@ Create the software network interface Destroy the software network interface .Li gif1 : .Dl # ifconfig gif1 destroy +.Pp +Scan for wireless networks using +.Li wlan0 : +.Dl # ifconfig wlan0 scan .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Author: gjb (doc committer) Date: Sat Mar 19 00:35:11 2011 New Revision: 219766 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219766 Log: MFC 219574: - Add example of using 'scan' for wireless networks, similarly to OpenBSD's ifconfig(8). - wlan0 isn't available on 7.x, so substitute ath0 for wlan0 in the example. PR: 151952 Modified: stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Directory Properties: stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ (props changed) Modified: stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011 (r219765) +++ stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Mar 19 00:35:11 2011 (r219766) @@ -1946,6 +1946,10 @@ Create the software network interface Destroy the software network interface .Li gif1 : .Dl # ifconfig gif1 destroy +.Pp +Scan for wireless networks using +.Li ath0 : +.Dl # ifconfig ath0 scan .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" State Changed From-To: patched->closed Patched in stable/8 and stable/7. Thanks! |
I couldn't remember off the top of my head how to scan for wireless access points. I look at the ifconfig man page and while the scan option existed, using it wasn't obvious. The man page wasn't very helpful for something that is very needed for a laptop these days. Fix: Add another example to the ifconfig(8) examples section: Scan for Wireless Access Points and display the SSID, BSSID, Channel, Rate, etc... ifconfig wlan0 scan How-To-Repeat: n/a