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authorChristian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-13 12:54:55 +0000
committerChristian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>2003-08-13 12:54:55 +0000
commit6a9f5ebdc4619196b9988b2852174802a0532434 (patch)
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Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes
PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> MFC after: 3 days
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=118872
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/wi.418
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4
index acb6c474d509..131853115173 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ falls back to slower speeds when it does not.
Except for the Lucent WaveLAN Bronze cards, all cards supported by the
.Nm
driver support WEP for encryption.
-To enable encryption, use the
+To enable encryption, use
.Xr ifconfig 8
as shown below.
.Pp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ or
.Dq "legacy Lucent ad-hoc mode" ,
predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate
with cards from different vendors.
-The standardized point-to-point mode, is called IBSS (or confusingly
+The standardized point-to-point mode is called IBSS (or confusingly
just ad-hoc mode), but is not supported by cards with very old
firmware revisions.
If your cards supports IBSS mode, it is recommended that you use it in
@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P)
Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
.El
.Pp
-The following addapters have the same model numbers as those listed
+The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed
above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away
-from the Prism family.
+from the Prism family:
+.Pp
.Bl -item -compact
.It
DLink DWL520
@@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
- wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
+ wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps \e
+ mediaopt hostap
.Ed
.Pp
Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only):
@@ -309,14 +311,14 @@ This will give you the same functionality as an access point.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "wi%d: init failed"
-The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command
+The WaveLAN card failed to become ready after an initialization command
was issued.
.It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC"
The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the
NIC's on-board RAM.
This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt.
.It "wi%d: device timeout"
-The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
+The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
command.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
@@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ older versions of station firmware.
.Pp
Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not support IBSS
mode.
-These cards support only the pre 802.11 mode known as
+These cards support only the pre-802.11 mode known as
.Dq "demo ad-hoc mode"
which does not interoperate with stations in IBSS mode.
.Pp