- Various little rewordings

- Add some replaceable tags where needed
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Marc Fonvieille 2004-03-01 18:34:11 +00:00
parent 8fbfcf3c67
commit fa42aa27b2
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
information.</para>
<para>Next, you will need to load a module in order to get
the bridging part of FreeBSD ready for the access point. In
order to load the &man.bridge.4; module, simply run the
the bridging part of FreeBSD ready for the access point.
To load the &man.bridge.4; module, simply run the
following command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>kldload bridge</userinput></screen>
@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ wi0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
<para>It should not have produced any errors when loading the
module. If it did, you may need to compile the
&man.bridge.4; code into your kernel. The <link
linkend="network-bridging">Bridging</link> section of the handbook
linkend="network-bridging">Bridging</link> section of this handbook
should be able to help you accomplish that task.</para>
<para>Now that you have the bridging stuff done, we need to
@ -818,23 +818,23 @@ wi0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl net.link.ether.bridge.config="wi0,xl0"</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1</userinput></screen>
<para>Now it is time for the wireless card setup.</para>
<para>The following command will set the card into an access point:</para>
<para>Now it is time for the wireless card setup.
The following command will set the card into an access point:</para>
<screen>
&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 ssid my_net channel 11 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap up stationname "FreeBSD AP"</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 ssid <replaceable>my_net</replaceable> channel 11 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap up stationname "<replaceable>FreeBSD AP</replaceable>"</userinput>
</screen>
<para>The &man.ifconfig.8; line brings the
<devicename>wi0</devicename> interface up, sets its SSID to
<literal>my_net</literal>, and sets the station name to
<literal>FreeBSD AP</literal>. The <option>media
<replaceable>my_net</replaceable>, and sets the station name to
<replaceable>FreeBSD AP</replaceable>. The <option>media
DS/11Mbps</option> sets the card into 11Mbps mode and is
needed for any <option>mediaopt</option> to take effect.
The <option>mediaopt hostap</option> option places the
interface into access point mode. The <option>channel
11</option> option sets the 802.11b channel to use. The
&man.wicontrol.8; man page has valid channel options for
&man.wicontrol.8; manual page has valid channel options for
your regulatory domain.
</para>
@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ wi0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
00:09:b7:7b:9d:16 asid=04c0, flags=3&lt;ASSOC,AUTH&gt;, caps=1&lt;ESS&gt;, rates=f&lt;1M,2M,5.5M,11M&gt;, sig=38/15
</screen>
<para>This shows that there's one station associated, along
<para>This shows that there is one station associated, along
with its parameters. The signal indicated should be used
as a relative indication of strength only. Its
translation to dBm or other units varies between different