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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 11:27:47 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 11:27:47 +0000
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diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 357861b..d6a95d5 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ If the interface is a vlan pseudo interface, set the vlan tag value
to
.Ar vlan_tag .
This value is a 16-bit number which is used to create an 802.1Q
-vlan header for packets sent from the vlan interface. Note that
+vlan header for packets sent from the vlan interface.
+Note that
.Cm vlan
and
.Cm vlandev
@@ -226,19 +227,24 @@ must both be set at the same time.
.It Cm vlandev Ar iface
If the interface is a vlan pseudo device, associate physical interface
.Ar iface
-with it. Packets transmitted through the vlan interface will be
+with it.
+Packets transmitted through the vlan interface will be
diverted to the specified physical interface
.Ar iface
-with 802.1Q vlan encapsulation. Packets with 802.1Q encapsulation received
+with 802.1Q vlan encapsulation.
+Packets with 802.1Q encapsulation received
by the parent interface with the correct vlan tag will be diverted to
-the associated vlan pseudo-interface. The vlan interface is assigned a
+the associated vlan pseudo-interface.
+The vlan interface is assigned a
copy of the parent interface's flags and the parent's ethernet address.
The
.Cm vlandev
and
.Cm vlan
-must both be set at the same time. If the vlan interface already has
-a physical interface associated with it, this command will fail. To
+must both be set at the same time.
+If the vlan interface already has
+a physical interface associated with it, this command will fail.
+To
change the association to another physical interface, the existing
association must be cleared first.
.Pp
@@ -254,7 +260,8 @@ the parent unaltered.
.It Fl vlandev Ar iface
If the driver is a vlan pseudo device, disassociate the physical interface
.Ar iface
-from it. This breaks the link between the vlan interface and its parent,
+from it.
+This breaks the link between the vlan interface and its parent,
clears its vlan tag, flags and its link address and shuts the interface down.
.It Cm metric Ar n
Set the routing metric of the interface to
@@ -330,7 +337,8 @@ If the parameter is ommitted, 64 is used.
.It Cm range
Under appletalk, set the interface to respond to a
.Em netrange.
-of the form startnet-endnet. Appletalk uses this scheme instead of
+of the form startnet-endnet.
+Appletalk uses this scheme instead of
netmasks though
.Fx
implements it internally as a set of netmasks.
@@ -339,11 +347,13 @@ Another name for the ``delete'' parameter. Introduced for compatibility
with BSD/OS.
.It Cm phase
The argument following this specifies the version (phase) of the
-Appletalk network attached to the interface. Values of 1 or 2 are permitted.
+Appletalk network attached to the interface.
+Values of 1 or 2 are permitted.
.It Cm link[0-2]
Enable special processing of the link level of the interface.
These three options are interface specific in actual effect, however,
-they are in general used to select special modes of operation. An example
+they are in general used to select special modes of operation.
+An example
of this is to enable SLIP compression, or to select the connector type
for some Ethernet cards. Refer to the man page for the specific driver
for more information.
@@ -406,7 +416,8 @@ requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and
tried to alter an interface's configuration.
.Sh BUGS
IPv6 link-local addresses are required for several basic communication
-between IPv6 node. If they are deleted by
+between IPv6 node.
+If they are deleted by
.Nm ifconfig
manually, the kernel might show very strange behavior.
So, such manual deletions are strongly discouraged.
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