On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 06:40:39PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > SSIDs are required to contain printable ASCII only. > Otherwise, they must be specified in hex. > > Let's document this explicitly.
ok kevlo@ > diff c20bd74017ceeadb2db0f78a352ed1f1e2b77c2b /usr/src > blob - 3fb0780ba7cf1333894f5c3485a95e71885fbd6d > file + sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 > --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 > +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 > @@ -972,8 +972,9 @@ list if they are found during a scan. > .Pp > The > .Ar id > -can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, > -or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. > +can either be a printable ASCII string up to 32 characters in length, > +or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits preceded by > +.Dq 0x . > If > .Ar id > is the empty string > @@ -1077,6 +1078,12 @@ Remove specified flag. > .It Cm nwid Ar id > Connect to the network with NWID/ESSID > .Ar id . > +The > +.Ar id > +can either be a printable ASCII string up to 32 characters in length, > +or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits preceded by > +.Dq 0x . > +.Pp > Unlike > .Cm join , > the >
