docs/57327: [patch] wicontrol man page fixes
Matt Peterson
matt at peterson.org
Sun Sep 28 21:05:39 UTC 2003
>Number: 57327
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] wicontrol man page fixes
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 28 14:00:31 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Matt Peterson
>Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
Bay Area Wireless Users Group
>Environment:
>Description:
The following patch updates the wicontrol page with the following:
* s/WaveLAN/Lucent, Intersil, & Atheros/g
(since all three chipets use this utility)
* Sort synopsis in sync with wicontrol -h order
* Document -l & -L
Additionally, add -L for -h in wicontrol
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- wicontrol.8.old Sun Sep 28 12:52:25 2003
+++ wicontrol.8 Sun Sep 28 13:46:26 2003
@@ -35,13 +35,21 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wicontrol
-.Nd configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices
+.Nd configure Lucent, Intersil, & Atheros wireless devices
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl i
.Ar iface Op Fl o
.Nm
.Op Fl i
+.Ar iface Fl l
+(dump associated stations)
+.Nm
+.Op Fl i
+.Ar iface Fl L
+(list avail access points)
+.Nm
+.Op Fl i
.Ar iface Fl t Ar tx_rate
.Nm
.Op Fl i
@@ -97,39 +105,34 @@
.Op Fl i
.Ar iface Fl C
(display signal cache)
-.Nm
-.Op Fl i
-.Ar iface Fl L
-(list avail access points)
-.Nm
-.Op Fl i
-.Ar iface Fl l
-(dump associated stations)
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility controls the operation of WaveLAN/IEEE wireless networking
-devices via the
+utility controls the operation of Lucent, Intersil, & Atheros-based wireless
+networking devices via
.Xr wi 4
+or
+.Xr ath 4
driver.
.Pp
You should not use this program to configure IEEE 802.11 paramters.
Use
.Xr ifconfig 8
-instead to do those tasks.
+instead to do those tasks (ie: set SSID, WEP key, etc).
.Pp
The
.Nm
-utility can also be used to view the current settings of these parameters
-and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters.
+utility can also be used to view the current settings of these parameters,
+dump out the values of the card's statistics counters, list assoicated
+stations (in HostAP mode), and scan for available access points.
.Pp
The
.Ar iface
argument given to
.Nm
-should be the logical interface name associated with the WaveLAN/IEEE
-device
-.Li ( wi0 , wi1 ,
+should be the logical interface name associated with the Lucent, Intersil,
+& Atheros device
+.Li ( wi0 , wi1 , ath0 ,
etc.).
If none is specified then
.Dq Li wi0
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Op Fl o
-Display the current settings of the specified WaveLAN/IEEE interface.
+Display the current settings of the specified wireless interface.
This retrieves the current card settings from the driver and prints them
out.
Using the additional
@@ -149,6 +152,20 @@
Encryption keys are only displayed if
.Nm
is run as root.
+.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Op Fl l
+Dump a list of connected stations (in HostAP mode).
+.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Op Fl L
+Dump a list of available access points in tabular format.
+.Bl -column ".Em TX\ rate" ".Em NIC\ speed" -offset indent
+.Em "Key Value"
+.It Cm SSID Ta "Network name/service set identifier"
+.It Cm BSSID Ta "Broadcast network identifier"
+.It Cm Chan Ta "Channel"
+.It Cm SN S N Ta "Signal noise ratio, signal, & noise"
+.It Cm Intrvl Ta "Beacon interval"
+.It Cm Capinfo Ta "AP capabilities"
+.El
+.Pp
.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl a Ar access_point_density
Specify the
access point density
@@ -520,6 +537,7 @@
The default is 100.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ath 4 ,
.Xr awi 4 ,
.Xr ipsec 4 ,
.Xr wi 4 ,
--- wicontrol.c.old Sun Sep 28 13:47:29 2003
+++ wicontrol.c Sun Sep 28 13:48:05 2003
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@
fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s -i iface\n", p);
fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -o\n", p);
fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -l\n", p);
+ fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -L\n", p);
fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -t tx rate\n", p);
fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -n network name\n", p);
fprintf(stderr, "\t%s -i iface -s station name\n", p);
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