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| author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-08-12 06:59:04 +0000 |
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| committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-08-12 06:59:04 +0000 |
| commit | 395dec52c7e81becb0ef84eed14060a788204fd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 09a261c43d0f58e83590b305f0511e7cfdbe774b /sbin/ifconfig | |
| parent | 5709e80b7dcb5114b963099a799a92c339db555b (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-395dec52c7e81becb0ef84eed14060a788204fd0.zip FreeBSD-src-395dec52c7e81becb0ef84eed14060a788204fd0.tar.gz | |
Warn that hex keys are the most portable.
Submitted by: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
Pr: 40872
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 3c40e1c..a17c4be 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ capabilities of the adaptor. It may be specified either as a plain string or as a string of hexadecimal digits proceeded by .Ql 0x . +For maximum portability, hex keys are recommended; +the mapping of text keys to WEP encryption is usually driver-specific. +In particular, the Windows drivers do this mapping differently to FreeBSD. A key may be cleared by setting it to .Ql - . If WEP is supported then there are at least four keys. |
