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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 | .\" |
95fb8859 | 9 | .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later |
5f444328 | 10 | .\" |
45186a5d | 11 | .TH WAVELAN 4 2021-03-22 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" |
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12 | .SH NAME |
13 | wavelan \- AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver | |
fea681da | 14 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
c7db92b9 | 15 | .nf |
fea681da | 16 | .BI "insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=" B,B.. "] [ irq=" I,I.. "] [name=" N,N.. ] |
c7db92b9 | 17 | .fi |
fea681da | 18 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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19 | .I This driver is obsolete: |
20 | it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35. | |
5b539973 | 21 | .PP |
fdc344df | 22 | .B wavelan |
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23 | is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent |
24 | .B WaveLAN ISA | |
25 | and Digital (DEC) | |
26 | .B RoamAbout DS | |
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27 | wireless ethernet adapter. |
28 | This driver is available as a module or | |
29 | might be compiled in the kernel. | |
30 | This driver supports multiple cards | |
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31 | in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available ethernet |
32 | device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a device name is | |
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33 | explicitly specified (see below). |
34 | This device name will be reported | |
735334d4 | 35 | in the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID, and frequency used |
fea681da | 36 | by the card. |
2b2581ee | 37 | .SS Parameters |
584916a0 | 38 | This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the |
fea681da | 39 | .BR insmod (8) |
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40 | command line). |
41 | If the driver is included in the kernel, use the | |
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42 | .I ether=IRQ,IO,NAME |
43 | syntax on the kernel command line. | |
44 | .TP | |
45 | .B io | |
7529f3ff | 46 | Specify the list of base addresses where to search for wavelan cards |
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47 | (setting by dip switch on the card). |
48 | If you don't specify any io | |
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49 | address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might |
50 | conflict with other hardware... | |
51 | .TP | |
52 | .B irq | |
7529f3ff | 53 | Set the list of IRQs that each wavelan card should use (the value is |
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54 | saved in permanent storage for future use). |
55 | .TP | |
56 | .B name | |
7529f3ff | 57 | Set the list of names to be used for each wavelan card device (name |
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58 | used by |
59 | .BR ifconfig (8)). | |
73d8cece | 60 | .SS Wireless extensions |
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61 | Use |
62 | .BR iwconfig (8) | |
63 | to manipulate wireless extensions. | |
fea681da | 64 | .SS NWID (or domain) |
c13182ef | 65 | Set the network ID |
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66 | .RI [ 0 |
67 | to | |
68 | .IR FFFF ] | |
69 | or disable it | |
70 | .RI [ off ]. | |
71 | As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be | |
753e83e4 | 72 | reused at any further invocation of the driver. |
fea681da | 73 | .SS Frequency & channels |
ee8655b5 | 74 | For the 2.4\ GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by |
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75 | specifying one of the 10 defined channels |
76 | .RI ( 2.412, | |
77 | .I 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462 | |
78 | or | |
79 | .IR 2.484 ) | |
d6b8e88b | 80 | or directly as a numeric value. |
c13182ef | 81 | The frequency is changed immediately and |
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82 | permanently. |
83 | Frequency availability depends on the regulations... | |
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84 | .SS Statistics spy |
85 | Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last | |
86 | quality of link for each of those (see | |
87 | .BR iwspy (8)). | |
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88 | .SS /proc/net/wireless |
89 | .I status | |
90 | is the status reported by the modem. | |
91 | .I Link quality | |
92 | reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence | |
93 | spread spectrum) [max = 16]. | |
94 | .I Level | |
95 | and | |
96 | .I Noise | |
97 | refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64]. | |
98 | The | |
99 | .I crypt discarded packet | |
100 | and | |
101 | .I misc discarded packet | |
102 | counters are not implemented. | |
73d8cece | 103 | .SS Private ioctl |
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104 | You may use |
105 | .BR iwpriv (8) | |
106 | to manipulate private ioctls. | |
c634028a | 107 | .SS Quality and level threshold |
2513b407 | 108 | Enables you to define the quality and level threshold used by the |
fea681da | 109 | modem (packet below that level are discarded). |
fea681da | 110 | .SS Histogram |
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111 | This functionality makes it possible to set a number of |
112 | signal level intervals and | |
fea681da | 113 | to count the number of packets received in each of those defined |
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114 | intervals. |
115 | This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value | |
fea681da | 116 | and standard deviation of the signal level. |
73d8cece | 117 | .SS Specific notes |
a23d8efa | 118 | This driver fails to detect some |
5415a0b2 | 119 | .B non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent |
c13182ef | 120 | Wavelan cards. |
3758f6da | 121 | If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on |
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122 | how to add your card to the detection routine. |
123 | .PP | |
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124 | Some of the mentioned features are optional. |
125 | You may enable to disable | |
fea681da | 126 | them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile. |
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127 | .\" .SH AUTHOR |
128 | .\" Bruce Janson \(em bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au | |
129 | .\" .br | |
130 | .\" Jean Tourrilhes \(em jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com | |
131 | .\" .br | |
132 | .\" (and others; see source code for details) | |
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133 | .\" |
134 | .\" SEE ALSO part | |
135 | .\" | |
47297adb | 136 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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137 | .BR wavelan_cs (4), |
138 | .BR ifconfig (8), | |
139 | .BR insmod (8), | |
140 | .BR iwconfig (8), | |
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141 | .BR iwpriv (8), |
142 | .BR iwspy (8) |