docs/141245: [handbook][patch] Chapter 31.3 Wireless Networking: Update sample /etc/rc.conf entry for FreeBSD 8.X

Glen Barber glen.j.barber at gmail.com
Mon Dec 7 11:40:01 UTC 2009


>Number:         141245
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [handbook][patch] Chapter 31.3 Wireless Networking: Update sample /etc/rc.conf entry for FreeBSD 8.X
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 07 11:40:00 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Glen Barber
>Release:        8.0-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD orion 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #7 r200016: Wed Dec  2 00:18:02 EST 2009     root at orion:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ORION  amd64
>Description:
>From UPDATING:
20080420:
        The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss
        operation on devices that are capable.  The underlying device
        is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are 
        cloned with ifconfig.  This requires changes to rc.conf files.

The attached patch notes this change in the Handbook.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml.orig	2009-08-11 13:33:35.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml	2009-12-07 06:20:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -1048,6 +1048,17 @@
 
 	    <programlisting>ifconfig_ath0="DHCP"</programlisting>
 
+	    <warning>
+	      <para>As of &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>, the 
+	        <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> has changed.  An example
+		entry, replacing <replaceable>ath0</replaceable> with your
+		wireless adapter is as follows:</para>
+	    </warning>
+
+		<programlisting>wlans_ath0="wlan0"
+ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP"</programlisting>
+		
+
 	    <para>If there are multiple access points and you want to
 	      select a specific one, you can select it by its
 	      SSID:</para>


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