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2 .\" From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
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4 .\" Jean II - HPLB - '96
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11 .TH wavelan 4 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
13 wavelan \- AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
16 .BI "insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=" B,B.. "] [ irq=" I,I.. "] [name=" N,N.. ]
19 .I This driver is obsolete:
20 it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35.
23 is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent
27 wireless ethernet adapter.
28 This driver is available as a module or
29 might be compiled in the kernel.
30 This driver supports multiple cards
31 in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available ethernet
32 device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a device name is
33 explicitly specified (see below).
34 This device name will be reported
35 in the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID, and frequency used
38 This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the
41 If the driver is included in the kernel, use the
43 syntax on the kernel command line.
46 Specify the list of base addresses where to search for wavelan cards
47 (setting by dip switch on the card).
48 If you don't specify any io
49 address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might
50 conflict with other hardware...
53 Set the list of IRQs that each wavelan card should use (the value is
54 saved in permanent storage for future use).
57 Set the list of names to be used for each wavelan card device (name
60 .SS Wireless extensions
63 to manipulate wireless extensions.
71 As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be
72 reused at any further invocation of the driver.
73 .SS Frequency & channels
74 For the 2.4\ GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by
75 specifying one of the 10 defined channels
77 .I 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462
80 or directly as a numeric value.
81 The frequency is changed immediately and
83 Frequency availability depends on the regulations...
85 Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last
86 quality of link for each of those (see
88 .SS /proc/net/wireless
90 is the status reported by the modem.
92 reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence
93 spread spectrum) [max = 16].
97 refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64].
99 .I crypt discarded packet
101 .I misc discarded packet
102 counters are not implemented.
106 to manipulate private ioctls.
107 .SS Quality and level threshold
108 Enables you to define the quality and level threshold used by the
109 modem (packet below that level are discarded).
111 This functionality makes it possible to set a number of
112 signal level intervals and
113 to count the number of packets received in each of those defined
115 This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value
116 and standard deviation of the signal level.
118 This driver fails to detect some
119 .B non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent
121 If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on
122 how to add your card to the detection routine.
124 Some of the mentioned features are optional.
125 You may enable to disable
126 them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile.
128 .\" Bruce Janson \(em bruce@cs.usyd.edu.au
130 .\" Jean Tourrilhes \(em jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com
132 .\" (and others; see source code for details)