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Document that the atheros driver supports wicontrol too. Minor word

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smithing as approrpiate.

PR: 57327
Submitted by: Matt Peterson
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Warner Losh 2003-09-29 06:34:47 +00:00
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.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
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.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
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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
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The default is 100.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ath 4 ,
.Xr awi 4 ,
.Xr ipsec 4 ,
.Xr wi 4 ,