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bugfix: wifi scan documentation update for changes made

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provides which gives you detailed information about the current state of the provides which gives you detailed information about the current state of the
OLSR routing software.<br><br></li> OLSR routing software.<br><br></li>
<li><strong>WiFi Scan</strong> provides a list of the WiFi networks that the <li><strong>WiFi Scan</strong> displays a list of other 802.11 signals that the
node can see. It cannot show you which other nodes are visible, that is what the node can see and only of the same bandwidth. The 802.11 signals include
Mesh Status and OLSR Status pages are for. There is an automatic scan mode but it Access Points (AP), neighbor nodes (connected ad-hoc stations), and other mesh networks
is recommended that it not be used continuously because the mesh performance (foriegn ad-hoc networks). The AREDN mesh is created on top of an 802.11 'ad-hoc' network.
will suffer due to the node spending much of its time on other channels Consequently when multiple ad-hoc networks are visiable to each other (different SSID or
looking for other networks.<br><br></li> channel), the 'network' is displayed and not individual nodes (stations). There is also an
automatic scan mode. It is not recommend to run a wifi scan continously because this will degrade mesh
performance. A wifi scan transmits queries on all channels to discover other devices.<br><br></li>
<li><strong>Setup</strong> takes you to the setup pages of the web <li><strong>Setup</strong> takes you to the setup pages of the web
interface. You will need to supply a username and password to access those interface. You will need to supply a username and password to access those