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authorsam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-07-30 16:22:52 +0000
committersam <sam@FreeBSD.org>2008-07-30 16:22:52 +0000
commitc33eb05ec1d1b81d0690e0f040cf75748842478a (patch)
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parent7999530a8d3c010421fb34714ef6c254eb81b98a (diff)
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correct description of how to clear a desired channel
Pointed out by: Chris Buechler MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.810
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index b7302fc..d9f9151 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 June 20, 2008
+.Dd July 30, 2008
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -848,13 +848,11 @@ Channels range from 1 to 255, but the exact selection available
depends on the region your adaptor was manufactured for.
Setting
the channel to
-.Li 0 ,
-.Cm any ,
+.Li any ,
or
.Cm -
-will give you the default for your adaptor.
-Some
-adapters ignore this setting unless you are in ad-hoc mode.
+will clear any desired channel and, if the device is marked up,
+force a scan for a channel to operate on.
Alternatively the frequency, in megahertz, may be specified
instead of the channel number.
.Pp
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