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Clarify the restrictions in length for argument of the nwid and nwkey.

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onoe 2000-07-21 17:37:12 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.39 2000/07/21 04:53:03 onoe Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.40 2000/07/21 17:37:12 onoe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.It Cm nwid Ar id
(IEEE 802.11 devices only)
Configure network ID for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.
.Ar Id
can either be a string or a series of hexadecimal digits.
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.
The empty string allows the inteface to connect to any available
access points.
.It Cm nwkey Ar key
(IEEE 802.11 devices only)
Enable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces
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are configured as WEP keys.
Note that the order must be match within same network if multiple keys
are used.
For IEEE 802.11 wireless network, the length of each key is restricted to
40 bits, i.e. 5-character string or 10 hexadecimal digits.
.It Fl nwkey
(IEEE 802.11 devices only)
Disable WEP encryption for IEEE 802.11-based wireless network interfaces.