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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition
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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition

by John Ross
January 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 43m
English
No Starch Press
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Wi-Fi for Unix

The number of wireless options for people who use various flavors of Unix is limited, but they do exist.

Configuration Tools

Each BSD Unix version also includes configuration programs that control the settings and options of the adapters that use the an and wi drivers. Some of the commands have slightly different names, but the functions are essentially the same. Table 7-1 lists the configuration commands for different versions of BSD Unix.

Table 7-1. Unix Configuration Programs

Unix Type

wi Configuration

an Configuration

FreeBSD

wiconfig

Driver not used

NetBSD

wiconfig

ifconfig and ifmedia

OpenBSD

wicontrol

ancontrol

Solaris

Wiconfig

Driver not used

As Wi-Fi networks become more common, more versions of Unix will support wireless services. As always, ...

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