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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-22 11:52:23 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2003-05-22 11:52:23 +0000
commit55c56e17eb345952fad295d0c80dbcf46f62bbb0 (patch)
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parent27a4bbdd92fe31333a9eb3aa3b59c619cb24f3c2 (diff)
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Assorted mdoc(7) fixes.
Approved by: re (blanket)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/wicontrol')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.842
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
index 8304b5b..2fcd7d6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ is run as root.
This flag is deprecated.
Use
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq mediaopt
+.Cm mediaopt
instead.
.Pp
Set the transmit rate of the specified interface.
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ The numbers vary from card to card.
This flag is deprecated.
Use
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq ssid
+.Cm ssid
or
-.Dq nwid
+.Cm nwid
instead.
.Pp
Set the name of the service set (IBSS) that this station wishes to
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ string works as well.
This flag is deprecated.
Use
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq stationname
+.Cm stationname
or
-.Dq station
+.Cm station
instead.
.Pp
Sets the
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ The default is
Only newer versions of the Lucent firmware support this.
.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl q Ar SSID
This flag is deprecated.
-The ssid setting from
+The
+.Cm ssid
+setting from
.Xr ifconfig 8
is the current preferred way of setting this parameter.
.Pp
@@ -267,9 +269,9 @@ Danger.
Do not use.
Instead, use the
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq media
+.Cm media
and
-.Dq mediaopt
+.Cm mediaopt
commands.
.Pp
Set the
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ The default is 2304.
This flag is deprecated.
It has been replaced by the
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq wepmode
+.Cm wepmode
option.
.Pp
Enable or disable WEP encryption.
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ section for details.
This flag is obsolete.
The
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq wepkey
+.Cm wepkey
should be used instead.
.Pp
Set WEP encryption keys.
@@ -386,7 +388,7 @@ section for details.
This flag is obsolete.
The
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq weptxkey
+.Cm weptxkey
should be used instead.
.Pp
Specify which of the four WEP encryption keys will be used to
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ The default is 2347.
This flag is deprecated.
Use
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq channel
+.Cm channel
instead.
.Pp
Set the radio frequency of a given interface.
@@ -456,7 +458,7 @@ communicate.
This flag is obsolete.
The
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq powersave
+.Cm powersave
should be used instead.
.Pp
Enable or disable power management on a given interface.
@@ -483,7 +485,7 @@ values for this parameter are
This flag is obsolete.
The
.Xr ifconfig 8
-.Dq powersleep
+.Cm powersleep
should be used instead.
.Pp
Specify the sleep interval to use when power management is enabled.
@@ -508,13 +510,13 @@ from the signal strength (i.e. less noise and better signal yields
better signal quality).
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ipsec 4 ,
.Xr awi 4 ,
+.Xr ipsec 4 ,
.Xr wi 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh BUGS
There are deprecated flags here that duplicate functionality of
-ifconfig.
+.Xr ifconfig 8 .
These flags will be deprecated in
.Fx 5.1
and removed in a future release.
@@ -549,9 +551,13 @@ for details of the attack.
Many programs to assist in cracking WEP keys are widely available.
.Pp
If you must use WEP, you are strongly encouraged to pick keys whose
-bytes are random and not confined to ASCII characters.
+bytes are random and not confined to
+.Tn ASCII
+characters.
Brute force attacks on WEP keys are also possible.
-Experience has showns that ASCII keys can be cracked in less than a day.
+Experience has showns that
+.Tn ASCII
+keys can be cracked in less than a day.
Even random bytes can be cracked in less than two weeks.
.Pp
Signal cache is broken right now.
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