I took a few more editorial liberties here, but on the whole I don't think we need to spell out "IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces" every time we're talking about one.
Index: ifconfig.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v retrieving revision 1.195 diff -u -r1.195 ifconfig.8 --- ifconfig.8 11 Apr 2010 17:14:37 -0000 1.195 +++ ifconfig.8 11 Apr 2010 17:34:17 -0000 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ .Pp Only the superuser may modify the configuration of a network interface. .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl A Causes full interface alias information for each interface to @@ -468,7 +468,9 @@ .Sh BRIDGE Bridges have many configuration options as well as a rudimentary filtering language. -They are as follows: +The following options are available for a +.Xr bridge 4 +pseudo-device: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm add Ar interface Add @@ -484,9 +486,6 @@ Add .Ar interface as a span port on the bridge. -See -.Xr bridge 4 -for more details. .It Cm autoedge Ar interface Automatically detect the spanning tree edge port status on .Ar interface . @@ -848,27 +847,25 @@ .Op Oo Fl Oc Cm wpapsk Ar psk .Ek .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available for a wireless device: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm bssid Ar bssid -Set the desired BSSID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces. +Set the desired BSSID. .It Fl bssid -Unset the desired BSSID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces. +Unset the desired BSSID. The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is the default. .It Cm chan Op Ar n -Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used for IEEE 802.11-based -wireless network interfaces to +Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used to .Ar n . .Pp With no channel specified, show the list of channels supported by the device. .It Fl chan -Unset the desired channel to be used for IEEE 802.11-based wireless -network interfaces. +Unset the desired channel to be used. It doesn't affect the channel to be created for IBSS or Host AP mode. .It Cm nwflag Ar flag -Set a specified flag for the wireless network interface. +Set specified flag. The flag name can be either .Ql hidenwid or @@ -897,9 +894,9 @@ and .Xr hostapd 8 . .It Fl nwflag Ar flag -Remove a specified flag for the wireless network interface. +Remove specified flag. .It Cm nwid Ar id -Configure network ID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces. +Configure network ID. The .Ar id can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, @@ -911,8 +908,7 @@ Set the network ID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect to any available access point. .It Cm nwkey Ar key -Enable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces -using the specified +Enable WEP encryption using the specified .Ar key . The .Ar key @@ -937,16 +933,14 @@ The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character string or 10 hexadecimal digits or 104 bits (13-character). .It Fl nwkey -Disable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces. +Disable WEP encryption. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist -Enable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces -with the persistent key stored in the network card. +Enable WEP encryption using the persistent key stored in the network card. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist : Ns Ar key Write .Ar key to the persistent memory of the network card, and -enable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces -using that +enable WEP encryption using that .Ar key . .It Cm powersave Op Ar duration Enable 802.11 power saving mode. @@ -957,7 +951,7 @@ Show the results of an access point scan. In Host AP mode, this will dump the list of known nodes without scanning. .It Cm txpower Ar dBm -Set the transmit power for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces. +Set the transmit power. The driver will disable any auto level and transmit power controls in this mode. .It Fl txpower @@ -1092,7 +1086,7 @@ .Op Cm vltime Ar n .Ek .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm anycast Set the IPv6 anycast address bit. @@ -1149,7 +1143,7 @@ .Op Ar number .Oc .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl g Ar group-name Specify the group. @@ -1194,7 +1188,9 @@ .Ar port Oc .Op Oo Fl Oc Cm flowsrc Ar addr .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available for a +.Xr pflow 4 +pseudo-device: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm flowdst Ar addr : Ns Ar port Set the receiver address and the port for @@ -1286,22 +1282,19 @@ are described in the .Sx SPPP section, below. -The options are as follows: +The following options are available for a +.Xr pppoe 4 +pseudo-device: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm pppoeac Ar access-concentrator -Set the name of the access-concentrator for the -.Xr pppoe 4 -interface. +Set the name of the access-concentrator. .It Fl pppoeac Clear a previously set access-concentrator name. .It Cm pppoedev Ar parent-interface Set the name of the interface through which -.Xr pppoe 4 packets will be transmitted and received. .It Cm pppoesvc Ar service -Set the service name of the -.Xr pppoe 4 -interface. +Set the service name of the interface. .It Fl pppoesvc Clear a previously set service name. .El @@ -1317,7 +1310,11 @@ .Op Cm peername Ar name .Op Cm peerproto Ar proto .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are availble for an +.Xr sppp 4 +or +.Xr pppoe 4 +pseudo-device: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm authkey Ar key Set the client key or password for the PPP authentication protocol. @@ -1400,7 +1397,7 @@ .Op Cm tunneldomain Ar route-id .Ek .Pp -The options are as follows: +The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm deletetunnel Ar src_address dest_address Remove the source and destination tunnel addresses. @@ -1451,7 +1448,7 @@ with 802.1Q vlan encapsulation. Packets with 802.1Q encapsulation received by the parent interface with the correct vlan tag will be diverted to -the associated vlan pseudo-interface. +the associated vlan pseudo-device. The vlan interface is assigned a copy of the parent interface's flags and the parent's Ethernet address. If
