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authorsam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-02-29 20:42:17 +0000
committersam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-02-29 20:42:17 +0000
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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
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diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
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--- 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.
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