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Date:      Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:35:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r219766 - stable/7/sbin/ifconfig
Message-ID:  <201103190035.p2J0ZBi8084972@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gjb (doc committer)
Date: Sat Mar 19 00:35:11 2011
New Revision: 219766
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219766

Log:
  MFC 219574:
  - Add example of using 'scan' for wireless networks, similarly to
    OpenBSD's ifconfig(8).
  - wlan0 isn't available on 7.x, so substitute ath0 for wlan0 in the
    example.
  
  PR:		151952

Modified:
  stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Mar 19 00:34:12 2011	(r219765)
+++ stable/7/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8	Sat Mar 19 00:35:11 2011	(r219766)
@@ -1946,6 +1946,10 @@ Create the software network interface
 Destroy the software network interface
 .Li gif1 :
 .Dl # ifconfig gif1 destroy
+.Pp
+Scan for wireless networks using
+.Li ath0 :
+.Dl # ifconfig ath0 scan
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the
 requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and



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