Module Name: src
Committed By: nia
Date: Mon Aug 24 12:29:30 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: afterboot.8
Log Message:
afterboot.8: Use wpa_* for everything WiFi, update links
reasoning: ifconfig scan is unreliable while wpa_supplicant is running
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.69 -r1.70 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.69 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.70
--- src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.69 Sat Aug 15 14:45:31 2020
+++ src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 Mon Aug 24 12:29:30 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.69 2020/08/15 14:45:31 nia Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.70 2020/08/24 12:29:30 nia Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.72 2002/02/22 02:02:33 miod Exp $
.\"
.\" Originally created by Marshall M. Midden -- 1997-10-20, [email protected]
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 15, 2020
+.Dd August 24, 2020
.Dt AFTERBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -431,12 +431,6 @@ Then, to make the system use it, put the
nameserver 127.0.0.1
.Ed
.Ss Wireless networking
-You can scan for nearby wireless networks using:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-.Ic ifconfig iwm0 up list scan
-.Ic ifconfig iwm0 down
-.Ed
-.Pp
To connect to a wireless network using WPA and DHCP:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Ic wpa_passphrase networkname password >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -461,6 +455,19 @@ To automatically connect at boot, add th
.Pp
.Dl dhcpcd=YES
.Dl wpa_supplicant=YES
+.Pp
+While using
+.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 ,
+you can easily retrieve network scan with
+.Xr wpa_cli 8 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Ic wpa_cli scan_results
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Or trigger a rescan:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Ic wpa_cli scan
+.Ed
.Ss RPC-based network services
Several services depend on the RPC portmapper
.Xr rpcbind 8
@@ -1068,6 +1075,7 @@ for details on how to do so.
.Xr amd 8 ,
.Xr ccdconfig 8 ,
.Xr chown 8 ,
+.Xr devpubd 8 ,
.Xr dhcpcd 8 ,
.Xr dhcpd 8 ,
.Xr dmesg 8 ,
@@ -1076,6 +1084,7 @@ for details on how to do so.
.Xr inetd 8 ,
.Xr kerberos 8 ,
.Xr lpd 8 ,
+.Xr mdnsd 8 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr mrouted 8 ,
.Xr mtree 8 ,
@@ -1095,6 +1104,7 @@ for details on how to do so.
.Xr umount 8 ,
.Xr useradd 8 ,
.Xr vipw 8 ,
+.Xr wpa_cli 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 ,
.Xr yp 8 ,
.Xr ypbind 8
