docs/151952: No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page

Jared rhyous at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 4 21:30:09 UTC 2010


>Number:         151952
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 04 21:30:08 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jared
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.1
>Organization:
Rhyous.com
>Environment:
FreeBSD slc-jab.ld.landesk.com 8.1-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1 #8: Tue Oct 19 00:11:06 MDT 2010     jared at slc-jab.ld.landesk.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KRNL0  amd64

>Description:
I couldn't remember off the top of my head how to scan for wireless access points.

I look at the ifconfig man page and while the scan option existed, using it wasn't obvious.


The man page wasn't very helpful for something that is very needed for a laptop these days.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
Add another example to the ifconfig(8) examples section:

Scan for Wireless Access Points and display the SSID, BSSID, Channel, Rate, etc...
    ifconfig wlan0 scan


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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