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