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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-11 20:34:07 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-11 20:34:07 +0000
commit39b3424c380bb480cc3c13c38d66bb350d461226 (patch)
treee9fbf8837acd1c57e3492d50e5a6e22e826d4cf8 /share/man
parentf5895741419b413e0851c4b91be951c5d143697d (diff)
Add IBSS examples.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/wi.4tbl29
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl b/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
index b549092bf80..c71ce5cfd0a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
+++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.8 2002/04/08 04:21:49 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.9 2002/04/11 20:34:06 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ All four chipsets provide a similar interface to the driver.
.Pp
All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O.
Supported features include 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS,
-WDS and ad-hoc operation modes.
+IBSS, WDS and ad-hoc operation modes.
Cards based on the Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 chips also support a
host-based access point mode which allows a card to act as a normal access
point (with some assistance from the
@@ -221,12 +221,32 @@ Join an ad-hoc network with network name
mediaopt adhoc
.Ed
.Pp
+Create an IBBS network with network name
+.Dq my_net .
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \e
+ mediaopt create-ibss
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Join an IBBS network with network name
+.Dq my_net .
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \e
+ mediaopt ibss
+.Ed
+.Pp
Create a host-based access point (Prism only):
.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_ap \e
mediaopt hostap
.Ed
.Pp
+Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only):
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_ap \e
+ nwkey 0x1234567890 mediaopt hostap
+.Ed
+.Pp
Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only):
.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
# ifconfig wi0 inet up nwid my_ap mediaopt hostap
@@ -282,3 +302,8 @@ for information on how to change the channel.
3.3V
.Nm
PCMCIA cards do not currently work.
+.Pp
+IBSS creation does not currently work with Symbol cards.
+.Pp
+Prism2 host-based access point mode has bugs for firmware versions
+prior to 0.8.3.