From d910717d0189da68c9dae7086061a2315ebf6684 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dyoung Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:09:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correct content. Style nits. --- share/man/man4/wi.4 | 28 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4 index 987c1821118b..2b523152cca7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $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 . 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.