From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 4 21:30:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2F11065673 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:30:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D868FC15 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:30:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oA4LU9d6050864 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:30:09 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oA4LU9IO050862; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:30:09 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:30:09 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201011042130.oA4LU9IO050862@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jared Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7251065670 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE558FC12 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oA4LLd7L032537 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id oA4LLdlI032536; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201011042121.oA4LLdlI032536@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 21:21:39 GMT From: Jared To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/151952: No example for scanning for SSIDs in ifconfig(8) man page X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:30:09 -0000 >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: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: