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32 .Dd September 26, 2004
37 .Nd configure Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG network adapters
44 .Ar iface Fl d Ar directory
53 (display radio transmitter state)
57 (dump firmware event and error logs)
61 utility controls the operation of Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG
62 networking devices via
66 You should not use this program to configure IEEE 802.11 parameters. Use
70 The options are as follows:
71 .Bl -tag -width indent
72 .It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface
73 Displays adapter's internal statistics.
74 .It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl d Ar directory Oo Fl m Ar bss|ibss Oc
75 Download firmware binary image to the adapter. The image is read from the
77 directory. By default, the firmware binary image for BSS (aka infrastructure
78 mode) mode is downloaded unless the
81 .It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl k
82 Kill the firmware and reset the adapter.
83 .It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl r
84 Displays the radio transmitter state (on or off).
85 .It Oo Fl i Oc Ar iface Fl D
86 Dumps the contents of the firmware event and error logs. Information is
87 mostly in hexadecimal form and as such isn't overly useful (yet).
96 utility and this man page were written by
97 .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
101 option and its write up were added by
102 .An Andrew Atrens Aq atrens@nortelnetworks.com .