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Date:      Fri, 9 May 2003 16:37:57 +0100
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        Todd Hansen <tshansen@nlanr.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wicontrol
Message-ID:  <20030509153757.GA34434@fourtytwo.brucec.backnet>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0305090817480.3756@mave.nlanr.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0305090817480.3756@mave.nlanr.net>

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On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 08:27:38AM -0700, Todd Hansen wrote:
> is there any way to set flags to wicontrol during the 5.0 install process
> (via the sysinstall utility provided on the floppies). Specifically, the
> network I am on requires me to set my desired SSID or it won't let me
> connect (new security policy). Thanks in advance.

ifconfig has replaced a lot of the functionality in wicontrol.  For example,
to join a network with SSID 'my_net' you might do:

ifconfig wi0 ssid my_net media DS/11Mbps mediaopt adhoc 

'man wi' for more examples.

--
Bruce Cran 



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