ATHCHANS(8)

NAME
athchans - define channel range of madwifi interface

SYNOPSIS
athchans [-i <interface>] <channel range>

DESCRIPTION
Athchans constrains the set of channels used when scanning for access points, neighbors 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 <interface>
    The madwifi interface to apply the settings to. If no interface is specified, it will default to ath0.

<channel range>
    Range of channel constraint applied to the specified interface. The range must be specified in the form of x-y and be within 1 to 255.

EXAMPLES

athchans -i ath1 5-9
    Restrict madwifi interface ath1 to channels in the range of 5 to 9.

athchans 20-30
    Restrict default madwifi interface ath0 to channels in the range of 5 to 9.

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.