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-rw-r--r--docs/wireless10
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3240427..cd6fdb6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
version 2.6
- add support for static routes configuration (FS#18700)
- add support for creating tun/tap interfaces (FS#15049)
+- wireless: add support for explicit BSSID (FS#24582)
+- wireless: add support for ad-hoc connections (FS#19683)
- does not install things in /var/run
version 2.5.5
diff --git a/docs/wireless b/docs/wireless
index 6977bd7..10811b9 100644
--- a/docs/wireless
+++ b/docs/wireless
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ KEY (required for SECURITY of 'wpa' or 'wep' only)
ESSID (this or AP is required)
: Name of network to connect to.
AP (this or ESSID is required)
-: AP of the network to connect to.
+: AP (BSSID) of the network to connect to.
+HIDDEN (optional)
+: Define this to connect to hidden ESSIDs.
+ADHOC (optional)
+: Define this to use ad-hoc mode for wireless.
TIMEOUT (optional)
: Time to wait for association. Defaults to 15 seconds.
SCAN (optional)
: yes/no Scan for a wireless network rather than blindly attempting to connect. Hidden SSID networks do not appear in a scan.
-IWCONFIG (optional)
-: Arguments to pass to iwconfig before attempting to configure the connection. For example, BSSID.
+IWCONFIG (optional, deprecated)
+: Arguments to pass to iwconfig before attempting to configure the connection.
### WPA options
WPA_CONF (for SECURITY of 'wpa-config' only)