- Reorder to group the non-obsolete options together
- Change from "will be deprecated in 5.1" to "was deprecated in 5.1"
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@ -149,6 +149,66 @@ to print out the statistics counters instead of the card settings.
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Encryption keys are only displayed if
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.Nm
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is run as root.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl a Ar access_point_density
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Specify the
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access point density
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for a given interface.
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Legal values are
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.Cm 1
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(low),
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.Cm 2
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(medium) and
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.Cm 3
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(high).
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This setting influences some of the radio modem threshold settings.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl m Ar mac_address
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Set the station address for the specified interface.
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The
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.Ar mac_address
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is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons,
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e.g.,
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.Dq Li 00:60:1d:12:34:56 .
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This programs the new address into the card
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and updates the interface as well.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl d Ar max_data_length
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Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface.
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The
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.Ar max_data_length
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can be any number from 350 to 2304.
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The default is 2304.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl r Ar RTS_threshold
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Set the RTS/CTS threshold for a given interface.
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This controls the
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number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handshake boundary.
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The
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.Ar RTS_threshold
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can be any value between 0 and 2347.
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The default is 2347.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl Z
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Clear the signal strength cache maintained internally by the
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.Xr wi 4
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driver.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl C
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Display the cached signal strength information maintained by the
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.Xr wi 4
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driver.
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The driver retains information about signal strength and
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noise level for packets received from different hosts.
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The signal
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strength and noise level values are displayed in units of dBms.
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The signal quality values is produced by subtracting the noise level
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from the signal strength (i.e. less noise and better signal yields
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better signal quality).
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.El
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.Sh DEPRECATED AND OBSOLETE OPTIONS
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The
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.Nm
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utility has a number of options that are now deprecated or obsolete, as they
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have been overtaken by extensions to
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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and changes to the driver.
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The deprecated and obsolete options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl t Ar tx_rate
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This flag is deprecated.
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Use
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@ -297,33 +357,6 @@ Lucent cards have one set of meanings.
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Prism cards have another.
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Symbol cards have a third.
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Do not use this flag.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl a Ar access_point_density
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Specify the
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access point density
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for a given interface.
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Legal values are
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.Cm 1
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(low),
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.Cm 2
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(medium) and
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.Cm 3
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(high).
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This setting influences some of the radio modem threshold settings.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl m Ar mac_address
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Set the station address for the specified interface.
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The
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.Ar mac_address
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is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons,
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e.g.,
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.Dq Li 00:60:1d:12:34:56 .
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This programs the new address into the card
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and updates the interface as well.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl d Ar max_data_length
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Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface.
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The
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.Ar max_data_length
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can be any number from 350 to 2304.
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The default is 2304.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl e Cm 0 | 1
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This flag is deprecated.
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It has been replaced by the
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@ -398,14 +431,6 @@ Note: Both 128-bit and 64-bit WEP have been broken.
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See the
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.Sx BUGS
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section for details.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl r Ar RTS_threshold
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Set the RTS/CTS threshold for a given interface.
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This controls the
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number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handshake boundary.
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The
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.Ar RTS_threshold
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can be any value between 0 and 2347.
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The default is 2347.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl f Ar frequency
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This flag is deprecated.
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Use
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@ -493,21 +518,6 @@ The
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.Ar max_sleep_interval
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is specified in milliseconds.
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The default is 100.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl Z
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Clear the signal strength cache maintained internally by the
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.Xr wi 4
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driver.
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.It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl C
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Display the cached signal strength information maintained by the
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.Xr wi 4
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driver.
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The driver retains information about signal strength and
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noise level for packets received from different hosts.
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The signal
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strength and noise level values are displayed in units of dBms.
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The signal quality values is produced by subtracting the noise level
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from the signal strength (i.e. less noise and better signal yields
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better signal quality).
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr awi 4 ,
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@ -517,9 +527,9 @@ better signal quality).
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.Sh BUGS
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There are deprecated flags here that duplicate functionality of
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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These flags will be deprecated in
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These flags were deprecated in
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.Fx 5.1
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and removed in a future release.
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and will be removed in a future release.
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.Pp
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The WEP encryption method has been broken so that third parties
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can recover the keys in use relatively quickly at distances that are
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