Hi,
I'm including a patch to ifconfig(8) to indicate that nwid is synonymous
with ESSID.
Thanks,
Walter
Index: ifconfig.8
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RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v
retrieving revision 1.107
diff -u -r1.107 ifconfig.8
--- ifconfig.8 7 Jun 2005 23:12:17 -0000 1.107
+++ ifconfig.8 8 Jun 2005 03:39:59 -0000
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@
.It Cm nwid Ar id
(IEEE 802.11 devices only)
Configure network ID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.
+Note that network ID is synonymous with extended service set ID (ESSID).
The
.Ar id
can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:33:35AM -0500, Walter Goulet wrote:
One minor point that befuddled me at first was the fact that ifconfig
and wicontrol use different terms when referring to the SSID.
Specifically, if you use ifconfig to set the SSID, you have to use the
'nwid' option. However, if you use wicontrol, the man page has a
seperate option 'q' used to set the SSID.
please don't use wicontrol anymore. most of it's functionality except
some dubious buttons have been added to ifconfig.
- Change ifconfig's interface to replace 'ssid' with 'nwid' at the risk
of breaking existing scripts etc (Note that NetBSD changed 'nwid' to
'ssid' to resolve this issue).
breaking scripts for nonsense? uhh...
ssid is a wrong, but commonly used, term and the essid (extended
service set id) is the IEEE name for the "network id". we're fine with
nwid because it's a generic name which also applies to non-802.11
protocols and it's less cryptic.
- Change ifconfig's manpage to indicate that nwid is really the same as
the ssid.
you mean the ESSID ;-). a hint in ifconfig(8) is probably the better
idea.
I personally think the second option is the better option; I'd be glad
to submit a patch once I finish building userland. I'd like to get some
opinions before I move forward with this effort.
no. we won't replace nwid with neither ssid nor essid. same for nwkey.
Thanks,
Walter
reyk
