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.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.28 2002/08/21 04:08:06 onoe Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.29 2002/11/16 23:09:44 dyoung Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.28 2002/08/21 04:08:06 onoe Exp $
.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.29 2002/11/16 23:09:44 dyoung Exp $
.\"
.Dd January 11, 2001
.Dt WI 4
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11 wireless network driver
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters
(also known as WaveLAN II cards) and various PCCARD adapters which use
(also known as WaveLAN II cards) and various PCI/MiniPCI/PCCARD adapters which use
Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 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.
@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs.
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.
even though they are 16-bit 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.
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ 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
driver encapsulates all traffic as 802.11 frames, however
it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
Transmit speed is selectable between 1Mbps fixed,
2Mbps fixed or 2Mbps with auto fallback.
@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ different firmware revisions may not interoperate in this mode. This mode
is no longer the default and must be selected using the
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Pq media option Dq adhoc,flag0
or
.Xr wiconfig 8
utilities.
utility.
.Pp
Recent versions of Lucent and PRISM-II firmware support IBSS creation.
IBSS is the standard IEEE 802.11 ad-hoc mode. In this mode, the nwid
@ -99,7 +97,11 @@ The IBSS mode is enabled by
or
.Dq ibss
media option.
The IBSS creation is automatically enabled if supported.
IBSS creation is automatically enabled if supported.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver defaults to infrastructure mode (i.e., using an access point).
.Pp
Recent versions of PRISM-II firmware support operating as an 802.11
Access Point. In this mode, the Access Point station should set the
@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ Corega Wireless LAN PCC-11, PCCA_11, PCCB_11
.It
DEC/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS High Rate
.It
D-Link DWL-520 11Mbps PCI Card
.It
D-Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card, DCF-650W CF Card
.It
ELECOM Air@Hawk LD-WL11
@ -158,6 +162,8 @@ Intersil PRISM Mini-PCI
.It
Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card, CF Card
.It
Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network WMP11 PCI Card
.It
NCR WaveLAN/IEEE
.It
NEC Wireless Card CMZ-RT-WP, PK-WL001, PC-WL/11C
@ -183,8 +189,6 @@ NIC's on-board RAM.
.It "wi%d: device timeout"
The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
command.
One reason can be that the board is mis-configured, see
.Xr wiconfig 8 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
@ -209,8 +213,6 @@ The
driver was written by
.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
.Sh BUGS
WEP does not work in Access Point mode.
.Pp
The execution of
.Xr wiconfig 8
while the interface is down can produce some error messages.