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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-02-29 20:42:17 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-02-29 20:42:17 +0000 |
commit | 6f13a6466b7d64327fa02bcc079e2437f45c2878 (patch) | |
tree | f8b22ee4fcc0aca05a5012d9d8830c17ff90e8fc /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
parent | 9453dcb353d0c37cadf7519559229d94847c093d (diff) | |
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explain that you must set a default transmit key for WEP
Submitted by: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 4dfafc1..ffa3ba1 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 8, 2007 +.Dd February 29, 2008 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ To disable 802.11h use .It Cm deftxkey Ar index Set the default key to use for transmission. Typically this is only set when using WEP encryption. +Note that you must set a default transmit key +for the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traffic. The .Cm weptxkey is an alias for this request; it is provided for backwards compatibility. @@ -1263,6 +1265,10 @@ Some adaptors support more than four keys. If that is the case, then the first four keys (1-4) will be the standard temporary keys and any others will be adaptor specific keys such as permanent keys stored in NVRAM. +.Pp +Note that you must set a default transmit key with +.Cm deftxkey +for the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traffic. .It Cm wme Enable Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) support, if available, for the specified interface. |