On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 06:35:10PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> For historical reasons, we call the 802.11 ssid an "nwid" in our
> ifconfig. This seems wrong -- it is confusing to people used to the
> real terminology as used in most operating systems.
> 
> I would like to propose changing "nwid" to "ssid", with "nwid" left in
> as an alias for back compatibility. Opinions?

I like that suggestion. I think most people would find that clearer.

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