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Add a breif example for the wlan change. Include an explicit pointer

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to rc.conf(5) to remind people where to look for all the details.
People without network connectivity forget basics like this...  This
is in keeping with historic UPDATING entries which try to provide
basic information in the entry, and a pointer to more extensive
information documenting the new thing.
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Warner Losh 2008-04-27 04:07:36 +00:00
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@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
operation on devices that are capable. The underlying device operation on devices that are capable. The underlying device
is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are
cloned with ifconfig. This requires changes to rc.conf files. cloned with ifconfig. This requires changes to rc.conf files.
For example, change:
ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP"
to
wlans_ath0=wlan0
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
see rc.conf(5) for more details.
As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta
modules were merged into the base wlan module. All references modules were merged into the base wlan module. All references