129 lines
4.3 KiB
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129 lines
4.3 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.9 2000/03/13 19:28:35 drochner Exp $
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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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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD
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.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.9 2000/03/13 19:28:35 drochner Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 21, 1999
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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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.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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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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.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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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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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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.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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stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access
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point.
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To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using the
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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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.Sh HARDWARE
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Cards supported by the
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.Nm
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driver include:
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.Pp
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.Bl -item -offset indent
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.It
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Lucent Wavelan/IEEE 2.0Mb Bronze
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.It
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Lucent Wavelan/IEEE 2.0Mb Silver
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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 DS
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.El
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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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The WaveLAN failed to come ready after an initialization command was
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issued.
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.It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC"
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The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the
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NIC's on-board RAM.
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.It "wi%d: device timeout"
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The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
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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 SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 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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.Rs
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.%T HCF Light programming specification
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.%O http://www.wavelan.com
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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.Sh AUTHOR
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
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