From b870660f361c6260755ce03ef02a78249dfbc9eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brueffer Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:54:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl MFC after: 3 days --- share/man/man4/wi.4 | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4 index acb6c474d509..131853115173 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ falls back to slower speeds when it does not. Except for the Lucent WaveLAN Bronze cards, all cards supported by the .Nm driver support WEP for encryption. -To enable encryption, use the +To enable encryption, use .Xr ifconfig 8 as shown below. .Pp @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ or .Dq "legacy Lucent ad-hoc mode" , predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate with cards from different vendors. -The standardized point-to-point mode, is called IBSS (or confusingly +The standardized point-to-point mode is called IBSS (or confusingly just ad-hoc mode), but is not supported by cards with very old firmware revisions. If your cards supports IBSS mode, it is recommended that you use it in @@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P) Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter .El .Pp -The following addapters have the same model numbers as those listed +The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away -from the Prism family. +from the Prism family: +.Pp .Bl -item -compact .It DLink DWL520 @@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only): .Bd -literal -offset indent ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e - wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap + wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps \e + mediaopt hostap .Ed .Pp Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only): @@ -309,14 +311,14 @@ This will give you the same functionality as an access point. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "wi%d: init failed" -The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command +The WaveLAN card failed to become ready after an initialization command was issued. .It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC" The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the NIC's on-board RAM. This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt. .It "wi%d: device timeout" -The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit +The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit command. .El .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ older versions of station firmware. .Pp Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not support IBSS mode. -These cards support only the pre 802.11 mode known as +These cards support only the pre-802.11 mode known as .Dq "demo ad-hoc mode" which does not interoperate with stations in IBSS mode. .Pp