wicontrol -t 5 => typo in message

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Sat May 3 21:15:57 PDT 2003


In message: <20030504031423.GA5593 at fourtytwo.brucec.backnet>
            Bruce Cran <bruce at cran.org.uk> writes:
: On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 07:03:16PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > This has already been fixed.  mediaopt is how it is spelled in the
: > sources I just looked at.
: > 
: 
: Do the wireless options in ifconfig have the same effect as those in wicontrol?

Yes.

: I was having trouble in -CURRENT getting the card into adhoc mode - 
: 'ifconfig wi0 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt adhoc' would show the card (through 
: ifconfig wi0) in adhoc mode, but wicontrol 

This places it into ibss mode.

: would still show it in mode 1, infrastructure.  Clients
: could only connect when I ran 'wicontrol wi0 -p 3' and although it says
: it's obsolete, the card now works.

You may need to say 'mediaopt adhoc,link0' to get the full effects of
-p 3 on some hardware.


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