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1 | .\" From jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com Thu Dec 19 18:31:49 1996 |
2 | .\" From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com> | |
3 | .\" Address: HP Labs, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS12 6QZ, U.K. | |
4 | .\" Jean II - HPLB - '96 | |
5 | .\" wavelan.c.4 | |
6 | .\" | |
8f0aff2a | 7 | .\" Provenance of this page is unclear. |
2297bf0e | 8 | .\" |
b55e2bb3 | 9 | .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPL_NOVERSION_ONELINE) |
8f0aff2a | 10 | .\" Licensed under the GPL, |
c13182ef | 11 | .\" after inquiries with Jean Tourrilhes and Bruce Janson |
6316126f | 12 | .\" (mtk, July 2006) |
cd063dfa | 13 | .\" %%%LICENSE_END |
5f444328 | 14 | .\" |
4b8c67d9 | 15 | .TH WAVELAN 4 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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16 | .SH NAME |
17 | wavelan \- AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver | |
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18 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
19 | .BI "insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=" B,B.. "] [ irq=" I,I.. "] [name=" N,N.. ] | |
fea681da | 20 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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21 | .I This driver is obsolete: |
22 | it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35. | |
5b539973 | 23 | .PP |
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24 | .I wavelan |
25 | is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent | |
26 | .B WaveLAN ISA | |
27 | and Digital (DEC) | |
28 | .B RoamAbout DS | |
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29 | wireless ethernet adapter. |
30 | This driver is available as a module or | |
31 | might be compiled in the kernel. | |
32 | This driver supports multiple cards | |
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33 | in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available ethernet |
34 | device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a device name is | |
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35 | explicitly specified (see below). |
36 | This device name will be reported | |
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37 | in the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID and frequency used |
38 | by the card. | |
2b2581ee | 39 | .SS Parameters |
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40 | This section apply to the module form (parameters passed on the |
41 | .BR insmod (8) | |
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42 | command line). |
43 | If the driver is included in the kernel, use the | |
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44 | .I ether=IRQ,IO,NAME |
45 | syntax on the kernel command line. | |
46 | .TP | |
47 | .B io | |
48 | Specify the list of base address where to search for wavelan cards | |
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49 | (setting by dip switch on the card). |
50 | If you don't specify any io | |
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51 | address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might |
52 | conflict with other hardware... | |
53 | .TP | |
54 | .B irq | |
55 | Set the list of irq that each wavelan card should use (the value is | |
56 | saved in permanent storage for future use). | |
57 | .TP | |
58 | .B name | |
59 | Set the list of name to be used for each wavelan cards device (name | |
60 | used by | |
61 | .BR ifconfig (8)). | |
73d8cece | 62 | .SS Wireless extensions |
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63 | Use |
64 | .BR iwconfig (8) | |
65 | to manipulate wireless extensions. | |
fea681da | 66 | .SS NWID (or domain) |
c13182ef | 67 | Set the network ID |
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68 | .RI [ 0 |
69 | to | |
70 | .IR FFFF ] | |
71 | or disable it | |
72 | .RI [ off ]. | |
73 | As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be | |
753e83e4 | 74 | reused at any further invocation of the driver. |
fea681da | 75 | .SS Frequency & channels |
ee8655b5 | 76 | For the 2.4\ GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by |
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77 | specifying one of the 10 defined channels |
78 | .RI ( 2.412, | |
79 | .I 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462 | |
80 | or | |
81 | .IR 2.484 ) | |
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82 | or directly by its value. |
83 | The frequency is changed immediately and | |
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84 | permanently. |
85 | Frequency availability depends on the regulations... | |
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86 | .SS Statistics spy |
87 | Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last | |
88 | quality of link for each of those (see | |
89 | .BR iwspy (8)). | |
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90 | .SS /proc/net/wireless |
91 | .I status | |
92 | is the status reported by the modem. | |
93 | .I Link quality | |
94 | reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence | |
95 | spread spectrum) [max = 16]. | |
96 | .I Level | |
97 | and | |
98 | .I Noise | |
99 | refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64]. | |
100 | The | |
101 | .I crypt discarded packet | |
102 | and | |
103 | .I misc discarded packet | |
104 | counters are not implemented. | |
73d8cece | 105 | .SS Private ioctl |
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106 | You may use |
107 | .BR iwpriv (8) | |
108 | to manipulate private ioctls. | |
c634028a | 109 | .SS Quality and level threshold |
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110 | Enable you the define the quality and level threshold used by the |
111 | modem (packet below that level are discarded). | |
fea681da | 112 | .SS Histogram |
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113 | This functionality makes it possible to set a number of |
114 | signal level intervals and | |
fea681da | 115 | to count the number of packets received in each of those defined |
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116 | intervals. |
117 | This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value | |
fea681da | 118 | and standard deviation of the signal level. |
73d8cece | 119 | .SS Specific notes |
a23d8efa | 120 | This driver fails to detect some |
5415a0b2 | 121 | .B non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent |
c13182ef | 122 | Wavelan cards. |
3758f6da | 123 | If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on |
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124 | how to add your card to the detection routine. |
125 | .PP | |
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126 | Some of the mentioned features are optional. |
127 | You may enable to disable | |
fea681da | 128 | them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile. |
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129 | .\" .SH AUTHOR |
130 | .\" Bruce Janson \(em bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au | |
131 | .\" .br | |
132 | .\" Jean Tourrilhes \(em jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com | |
133 | .\" .br | |
134 | .\" (and others; see source code for details) | |
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135 | .\" |
136 | .\" SEE ALSO part | |
137 | .\" | |
47297adb | 138 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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139 | .BR wavelan_cs (4), |
140 | .BR ifconfig (8), | |
141 | .BR insmod (8), | |
142 | .BR iwconfig (8), | |
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143 | .BR iwpriv (8), |
144 | .BR iwspy (8) |