Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 GMT From: Jared <rhyous@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/151952: No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page Message-ID: <201011042121.oA4LLdlI032536@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201011042130.oA4LU9IO050862@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 151952
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 04 21:30:08 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jared
>Release: FreeBSD 8.1
>Organization:
Rhyous.com
>Environment:
FreeBSD slc-jab.ld.landesk.com 8.1-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1 #8: Tue Oct 19 00:11:06 MDT 2010 jared@slc-jab.ld.landesk.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KRNL0 amd64
>Description:
I couldn't remember off the top of my head how to scan for wireless access points.
I look at the ifconfig man page and while the scan option existed, using it wasn't obvious.
The man page wasn't very helpful for something that is very needed for a laptop these days.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
Add another example to the ifconfig(8) examples section:
Scan for Wireless Access Points and display the SSID, BSSID, Channel, Rate, etc...
ifconfig wlan0 scan
>Release-Note:
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