.TH "ATHCHANS" "8" "February 2006" "" "".SH "NAME"\fBathchans\fP \- define channel range of madwifi devices.SH "SYNOPSIS".B athchans[-i device] channel_range.SH "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 asan access point. .PPThe 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 operatingcharacteristics of the device..PP.SH "OPTIONS".TP.B \-i deviceThe madwifi device to apply the settings to. If no device is specified,\fBathchans\fP defaults to wifi0..TP.B channel_rangeRange of channel constraint applied to the specified device. The range mustbe specified in the form of \fBx-y\fP and be within 1 to 255..PP.SH "EXAMPLES".B athchans 5\-9Restrict wifi0 to channels in the range of 5 to 9..TP.B athchans \-i wifi1 1\-3Restrict wifi1 to channels in the range of 1 to 3..TP.PP.SH "SEE ALSO"\fBathctrl\fP(8), \fBathkey\fP(8), \fBathstats\fP(8).SH "AUTHOR"This manual page was written by Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au> and was basedupon previous text written by Eric S. Raymond and Thorsten von Eicken.