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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 14:54:02 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 14:54:02 +0000
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
index 4ac9673..dbd193a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl i Ar iface Op Fl o
Display the current settings of the specified WaveLAN/IEEE interface.
This retrieves the current card settings from the driver and prints them
-out. Using the additional
+out.
+Using the additional
.Fl o
flag will cause
.Nm
@@ -205,13 +206,15 @@ Set the station address for the specified interface.
The
.Ar mac address
is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons,
-e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. This programs the new address into the card
+e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56.
+This programs the new address into the card
and updates the interface as well.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl d Ar max_data_length
Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface.
The
.Ar max data length
-can be any number from 350 to 2304. The default is 2304.
+can be any number from 350 to 2304.
+The default is 2304.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl e Ar 0|1
Enable or disable WEP encryption.
Permitted values are
@@ -240,7 +243,8 @@ which means the key can be specified as either a 16 character text
string or 32 hex digits.
.Pp
Note: currently, the field in the structure used to program the key
-into the NIC is only 14 bytes long, not 16. I'm not sure how this is
+into the NIC is only 14 bytes long, not 16.
+I'm not sure how this is
supposed to allow 128 bits of key info for the gold cards.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl T Ar 1|2|3|4
Specify which of the four WEP encryption keys will be used to
@@ -251,7 +255,8 @@ This controls the
number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handshake boundary.
The
.Ar RTS threshold
-can be any value between 0 and 2047. The default is 2347.
+can be any value between 0 and 2047.
+The default is 2347.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl f Ar frequency
Set the radio frequency of a given interface.
The
@@ -288,7 +293,8 @@ If an illegal channel is specified, the
NIC will revert to its default channel.
For NICs sold in the United States
and Europe, the default channel is 3. For NICs sold in France, the default
-channel is 11. For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14.
+channel is 11.
+For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14.
Note that two stations must be set to the same channel in order to
communicate.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl P Ar 0|1
@@ -296,7 +302,8 @@ Enable or disable power management on a given interface.
Enabling
power management uses an alternating sleep/wake protocol to help
conserve power on mobile stations, at the cost of some increased
-receive latency. Power management is off by default.
+receive latency.
+Power management is off by default.
Note that power
management requires the cooperation of an access point in order to
function; it is not functional in ad-hoc mode.
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