1 .TH "ATHCHANS" "8" "February 2006" "" ""
3 \fBathchans\fP \- define channel range of madwifi devices
6 [-i device] channel_range
8 Athchans constrains the set of channels used when scanning for access points,
9 peers in an IBSS network, or looking for unoccupied channels when operating as
12 The set of channels is specified as a range of the form x-y. Channel numbers
13 must be in the range 1 to 255 and be permissible according to the operating
14 characteristics of the device.
19 The madwifi device to apply the settings to. If no device is specified,
20 \fBathchans\fP defaults to wifi0.
23 Range of channel constraint applied to the specified device. The range must
24 be specified in the form of \fBx-y\fP and be within 1 to 255.
28 Restrict wifi0 to channels in the range of 5 to 9.
30 .B athchans \-i wifi1 1\-3
31 Restrict wifi1 to channels in the range of 1 to 3.
35 \fBathctrl\fP(8), \fBathkey\fP(8), \fBathstats\fP(8)
37 This manual page was written by Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au> and was based
38 upon previous text written by Eric S. Raymond and Thorsten von Eicken.