Bug 82187
| Summary: | typo in ifconfig(8) man file - wepkey hex syntax | ||
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| Product: | Documentation | Reporter: | Anthony Rogers <anthony.j.rogers> |
| Component: | Books & Articles | Assignee: | Christian Brueffer <brueffer> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Latest | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
State Changed From-To: open->patched Good catch! Applied to CURRENT, will MFC in a couple of days. Thanks! Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-doc->brueffer MFC reminder. > >Fix: > change the word 'proceeded' to 'preceeded' I don't want to sound too anally-retentive here, but I'm pretty sure it's spelt 'preceded'. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=preceeded Cheers, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au State Changed From-To: patched->closed MFC done. |
under the 'wepkey' section of the 'ifconfig(8)' man page, it states: wepkey key|index:key For IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces, set the selected WEP key. If an index is not given, key 1 is set. A WEP key will be either 5 or 13 characters (40 or 104 bits) depending of the local net- work and the capabilities of the adaptor. It may be specified either as a plain string or as a string of hexadecimal digits proceeded by `0x'. For maximum portability, hex keys are recommended;..." when a 40-bit hex key is proceeded by 0x then a given hex key will be: aaaaaaaaaa0x which is then treated by ifconfig as a 108-bit ascii key and not recognised by the router/wap Fix: change the word 'proceeded' to 'preceeded' How-To-Repeat: outlined above in 'Full Description'