explain that you must set a default transmit key for WEP

Submitted by:	Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
MFC after:	1 week
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Sam Leffler 2008-02-29 20:42:17 +00:00
parent 10250ddd27
commit 5ce09a9e9c
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 8, 2007
.Dd February 29, 2008
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ To disable 802.11h use
.It Cm deftxkey Ar index
Set the default key to use for transmission.
Typically this is only set when using WEP encryption.
Note that you must set a default transmit key
for the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traffic.
The
.Cm weptxkey
is an alias for this request; it is provided for backwards compatibility.
@ -1263,6 +1265,10 @@ Some adaptors support more than four keys.
If that is the case, then the first four keys
(1-4) will be the standard temporary keys and any others will be adaptor
specific keys such as permanent keys stored in NVRAM.
.Pp
Note that you must set a default transmit key with
.Cm deftxkey
for the system to know which key to use in encrypting outbound traffic.
.It Cm wme
Enable Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) support, if available,
for the specified interface.