fix description for WaveLAN/IEEE TUrbo 11Mbps cards.
add support for PRISM-II cards. add a note that Gold cards accept 104bit as WEP key.
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.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.10 2000/03/21 19:59:16 drochner Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.11 2000/07/21 17:42:16 onoe Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
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.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
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.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.10 2000/03/21 19:59:16 drochner Exp $
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.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.11 2000/07/21 17:42:16 onoe Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 21, 1999
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.Dd July 21, 2000
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.Dt WI 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wi
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.Nd
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Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
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WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "wi* at pcmcia? function ?"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters (also known
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as WaveLAN II cards).
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driver provides support for Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters
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(also known as WaveLAN II cards) and various PCCARD adapters which use
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Intersil PRISM-II chipsets.
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Note that while Lucent sells both ISA and PCMCIA WaveLAN/IEEE devices,
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the ISA product is actually a PCMCIA card in an ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapter.
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Consequently, the
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.Nm
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driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs.
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Both the original 2Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE cards and
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the newer 6Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters are supported.
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Also note that some of the PRISM-II adapters works only at 3.3V, hence
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.Xr cardbus 4
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support is required for those cards to set VCC correctly,
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even they are 16bit cards.
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.Pp
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The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller.
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All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes.
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The Hermes supports 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, WDS
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and ad-hoc operation modes.
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and ad-hoc operation modes. The Silver and the Gold cards of the
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WaveLAN/IEEE also support WEP. Unlike the other IEEE 802.11 network cards,
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the WaveLAN Gold cards accept 104 bits key (13 characters) for WEP
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encryption. The Intersil PRISM-II controller supports WEP as well.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however
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@ -65,19 +72,27 @@ it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
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Transmit speed is selectable between 1Mbps fixed,
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2Mbps fixed or 2Mbps with auto fallback.
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For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters, speeds up to 6Mbps are available.
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For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps adapters and PRISM-II adapters, speeds up to
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11Mbps are available.
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.Pp
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By default, the
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.Nm
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driver configures the WaveLAN card for ad-hoc operation.
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In this mode,
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driver configures the WaveLAN card for special ad-hoc operation.
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In this mode, the nwid is ignored and
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stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access
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point.
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Note that this mode is out of IEEE 802.11 specification and the driver
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cannot interoperate with other cards.
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To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using the
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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or
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.Xr wiconfig 8
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utility.
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.Pp
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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and
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.Xr ifmedia 4 .
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.Sh HARDWARE
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Cards supported by the
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.Nm
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.It
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Lucent Wavelan/IEEE 2.0Mb Silver
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.It
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Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo
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.It
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Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps
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.It
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Melco AIR CONNECT WLI-PCM-L11
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.It
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DEC/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS High Rate
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.It
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Corega Wireless LAN PCC-11
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.El
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.Pp
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The original PRISM-I chipset is supported by the
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.Xr awi 4
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driver.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "wi%d: init failed"
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@ -107,8 +132,14 @@ command.
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One reason can be that the board is mis-configured, see
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.Xr wiconfig 8 .
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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The IBSS mode is not supported.
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The execution of
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.Xr wiconfig 8
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during the interface is down produces some error messages.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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.Xr wiconfig 8
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