svn commit: r252232 - head/share/man/man5

Rui Paulo rpaulo at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jun 26 04:33:32 UTC 2013


Author: rpaulo
Date: Wed Jun 26 04:33:32 2013
New Revision: 252232
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/252232

Log:
  Document ifconfig_wlanX="HOSTAP"

Modified:
  head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5

Modified: head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	Wed Jun 26 04:14:19 2013	(r252231)
+++ head/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	Wed Jun 26 04:33:32 2013	(r252232)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 20, 2013
+.Dd June 25, 2013
 .Dt RC.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ it is possible to use something like:
 ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Also, if you want to configure your wireless interface with
+If you want to configure your wireless interface with
 .Xr wpa_supplicant 8
 for use with WPA, EAP/LEAP or WEP, you need to add
 .Dq Li WPA
@@ -1329,6 +1329,17 @@ to the
 .Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface
 variable.
 .Pp
+On the other hand, if you want to configure your wireless interface with
+.Xr hostapd 8 ,
+you need to add
+.Dq Li HOSTAP
+to the
+.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface
+variable.
+.Xr hostapd 8
+will use the settings from
+.Pa /etc/hostapd- Ns Ao Ar interface Ac Ns .conf
+.Pp
 Finally, you can add
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 options in this variable, in addition to the


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