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39 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
39 lines
1.2 KiB
Groff
.TH "ATHCHANS" "8" "February 2006" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
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\fBathchans\fP \- define channel range of madwifi devices
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B athchans
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[-i device] channel_range
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Athchans constrains the set of channels used when scanning for access points,
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peers in an IBSS network, or looking for unoccupied channels when operating as
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an access point.
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.PP
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The set of channels is specified as a range of the form x-y. Channel numbers
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must be in the range 1 to 255 and be permissible according to the operating
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characteristics of the device.
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.PP
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP
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.B \-i device
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The madwifi device to apply the settings to. If no device is specified,
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\fBathchans\fP defaults to wifi0.
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.TP
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.B channel_range
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Range of channel constraint applied to the specified device. The range must
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be specified in the form of \fBx-y\fP and be within 1 to 255.
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.PP
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.B athchans 5\-9
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Restrict wifi0 to channels in the range of 5 to 9.
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.TP
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.B athchans \-i wifi1 1\-3
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Restrict wifi1 to channels in the range of 1 to 3.
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.TP
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.PP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBathctrl\fP(8), \fBathkey\fP(8), \fBathstats\fP(8)
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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This manual page was written by Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au> and was based
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upon previous text written by Eric S. Raymond and Thorsten von Eicken.
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