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Minor rewording and grammar fixes in wireless section.

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Submitted by:	Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
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Marc Fonvieille 2010-05-05 19:48:35 +00:00
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@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ route_net2="-net 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.1"</programlisting>
<sect3>
<title>Kernel Configuration</title>
<para>To use wireless networking you need a wireless
<para>To use wireless networking, you need a wireless
networking card and to configure the kernel with the
appropriate wireless networking support. The latter is
separated into multiple modules so that you only need to
@ -803,13 +803,13 @@ route_net2="-net 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.1"</programlisting>
<programlisting>if_ath_load="YES"</programlisting>
<para>The Atheros driver is split up into three separate
pieces: the driver proper (&man.ath.4;), the hardware
pieces: the proper driver (&man.ath.4;), the hardware
support layer that handles chip-specific functions
(&man.ath.hal.4;), and an algorithm for selecting which of
several possible rates for transmitting frames
(ath_rate_sample here). When you load this support as
modules these dependencies are automatically handled for
you. If instead of an Atheros device you had another device
(ath_rate_sample here). When this support is loaded as kernel
modules, these dependencies are automatically handled for
you. If, instead of an Atheros device, you had another device
you would select the module for that device; e.g.:</para>
<programlisting>if_wi_load="YES"</programlisting>
@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"</programlisting>
base &man.wlan.4; driver which is dynamically loaded with
the adapter driver.</para>
<para>With that you will need the modules
<para>With that, you will need the modules
that implement cryptographic support for the security
protocols you intend to use. These are intended to be
dynamically loaded on demand by the &man.wlan.4; module but
@ -861,8 +861,8 @@ wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"</programlisting>
and &man.wlan.tkip.4;. Both &man.wlan.ccmp.4; and
&man.wlan.tkip.4; drivers are only needed if you intend to
use the WPA and/or 802.11i security protocols. If your
network is to run totally open (i.e., with no encryption)
then you do not even need the &man.wlan.wep.4; support. To
network does not use encryption,
you will not need &man.wlan.wep.4; support. To
load these modules at boot time, add the following lines to
<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>:</para>
@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ wlan_tkip_load="YES"</programlisting>
configuration file (i.e.,
<filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename>), you have to reboot
your &os; box. If you do not want to reboot your machine
for the moment, you can just load the modules by hand using
for the moment, you can load the modules by hand using
&man.kldload.8;.</para>
<note>
@ -959,8 +959,8 @@ freebsdap 00:11:95:c3:0d:ac 1 54M -83:96 100 EPS WPA</screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig <replaceable>ath0</replaceable> up scan</userinput></screen>
<para>In the rest of this document, the &os;&nbsp;7.X user
will have to change the command and configuration lines
<para>In the rest of this document, &os;&nbsp;7.X users
will need to change the command and configuration lines
according to that scheme.</para>
</note>