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 $
.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.11 2000/07/21 17:42:16 onoe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" 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
.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.10 2000/03/21 19:59:16 drochner Exp $
.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.11 2000/07/21 17:42:16 onoe Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 21, 1999
.Dd July 21, 2000
.Dt WI 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wi
.Nd
Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11 PCMCIA wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "wi* at pcmcia? function ?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters (also known
as WaveLAN II cards).
driver provides support for Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters
(also known as WaveLAN II cards) and various PCCARD adapters which use
Intersil PRISM-II chipsets.
Note that while Lucent sells both ISA and PCMCIA WaveLAN/IEEE devices,
the ISA product is actually a PCMCIA card in an ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapter.
Consequently, the
.Nm
driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs.
Both the original 2Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE cards and
the newer 6Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters are supported.
Also note that some of the PRISM-II adapters works only at 3.3V, hence
.Xr cardbus 4
support is required for those cards to set VCC correctly,
even they are 16bit cards.
.Pp
The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller.
All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes.
The Hermes supports 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, WDS
and ad-hoc operation modes.
and ad-hoc operation modes. The Silver and the Gold cards of the
WaveLAN/IEEE also support WEP. Unlike the other IEEE 802.11 network cards,
the WaveLAN Gold cards accept 104 bits key (13 characters) for WEP
encryption. The Intersil PRISM-II controller supports WEP as well.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however
@ -65,19 +72,27 @@ it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
Transmit speed is selectable between 1Mbps fixed,
2Mbps fixed or 2Mbps with auto fallback.
For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters, speeds up to 6Mbps are available.
For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps adapters and PRISM-II adapters, speeds up to
11Mbps are available.
.Pp
By default, the
.Nm
driver configures the WaveLAN card for ad-hoc operation.
In this mode,
driver configures the WaveLAN card for special ad-hoc operation.
In this mode, the nwid is ignored and
stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access
point.
Note that this mode is out of IEEE 802.11 specification and the driver
cannot interoperate with other cards.
To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using the
.Xr ifconfig 8
or
.Xr wiconfig 8
utility.
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Xr ifconfig 8
and
.Xr ifmedia 4 .
.Sh HARDWARE
Cards supported by the
.Nm
@ -89,10 +104,20 @@ Lucent Wavelan/IEEE 2.0Mb Bronze
.It
Lucent Wavelan/IEEE 2.0Mb Silver
.It
Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo
.It
Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps
.It
Melco AIR CONNECT WLI-PCM-L11
.It
DEC/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS High Rate
.It
Corega Wireless LAN PCC-11
.El
.Pp
The original PRISM-I chipset is supported by the
.Xr awi 4
driver.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "wi%d: init failed"
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One reason can be that the board is mis-configured, see
.Xr wiconfig 8 .
.El
.Sh BUGS
The IBSS mode is not supported.
The execution of
.Xr wiconfig 8
during the interface is down produces some error messages.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wiconfig 8