Module Name: src
Committed By: nia
Date: Mon Aug 24 12:35:48 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8: afterboot.8
Log Message:
afterboot.8: Start the daemons after configuring wpa_supplicant.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.70 -r1.71 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.70 src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.71
--- src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8:1.70 Mon Aug 24 12:29:30 2020
+++ src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8 Mon Aug 24 12:35:48 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.70 2020/08/24 12:29:30 nia Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: afterboot.8,v 1.71 2020/08/24 12:35:48 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]
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@ Then, to make the system use it, put the
nameserver 127.0.0.1
.Ed
.Ss Wireless networking
-To connect to a wireless network using WPA and DHCP:
+To configure the system to connect to a wireless network with a password
+using WPA:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Ic wpa_passphrase networkname password >> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
-.Ic service wpa_supplicant onestart
-.Ic service dhcpcd onestart
.Ed
.Pp
-To connect to an open wireless network with no password, edit
+To to configure the system to connect to an open wireless network with
+no password, edit
.Pa /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
instead of using
.Xr wpa_passphrase 8 :
@@ -450,6 +450,12 @@ network={
}
.Ed
.Pp
+Then start the necessary daemons:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Ic service wpa_supplicant onestart
+.Ic service dhcpcd onestart
+.Ed
+.Pp
To automatically connect at boot, add the following to
.Pa /etc/rc.conf :
.Pp
@@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ To automatically connect at boot, add th
.Pp
While using
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 ,
-you can easily retrieve network scan with
+you can easily retrieve network scan results with
.Xr wpa_cli 8 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
.Ic wpa_cli scan_results
