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Date:      Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:45:37 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        yuri@rawbw.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rc.conf when ssid has spaces in it: missing documentation or  missing feature?
Message-ID:  <4ad871310906111245k79fe814y304cbf8516771f2e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A315B15.5030000@rawbw.com>
References:  <4A315B15.5030000@rawbw.com>

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Yuri<yuri@rawbw.com> wrote:
> I can't find any references in rc.conf(5) on how to set up ifconfig line if
> SSID has spaces which is very typical situation.
> ifconfig(8) doesn't mention this either but it works if I put quotes around
> it.
>
> I would assume spaces should be substituted for '_' like in Linux. But I
> remember I wasn't able to make it work for some reason.
>

Did you try escaping it?

"My\ SSID\ Has\ Spaces"

-- 
Glen Barber



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