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6 .TH ATH 7D "Nov 14, 2006"
8 ath \- Atheros AR52xx 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver
12 The \fBath\fR \fI802.11b/g \fR wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded,
13 loadable, clonable, GLDv3-based STREAMS driver for the Atheros AR52xx
14 (AR5210/5211/5212) chipset-based wireless NIC.
17 The \fBath\fR driver functions include controller initialization, wireless
18 \fI802.11b/g\fR infrastructure network connection, WEP, frame transmit and
19 receive, and promiscuous and multi-cast support.
20 .SH DRIVER CONFIGURATION
23 The \fBath\fR driver performs auto-negotiation to determine the data rates and
24 mode. Supported \fI802.11b\fR data rates (Mbits/sec.) are 1, 2, 5.5 and 11.
25 Supported \fI802.11g\fR data rates (Mbits/sec.) are 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12,
26 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54.
29 The \fBath\fR driver supports only BSS networks (also known as "ap" or
30 "infrastructure" networks) and the "open" (or "opensystem") authentication
31 type. Only WEP encryption is currently supported. Configuration and
32 administration can be performed through the \fBdladm\fR(1M) or
33 \fBwificonfig\fR(1M) utilities.
38 \fB\fB/dev/ath*\fR \fR
41 Special character device.
47 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/ath\fR \fR
50 32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
56 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/amd64/ath\fR \fR
59 64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
65 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
73 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
81 \fBdladm\fR(1M), \fBwificonfig\fR(1M), \fBgld\fR(7D)
84 \fIANSI/IEEE Std 802.11\fR- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology, 1999.
87 \fIIEEE Std 802.11a\fR- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev. A, 2003
90 \fIIEEE Std 802.11b\fR - Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev.B, 2003
93 \fIIEEE Std 802.11g\fR\(em Standard for Wireless LAN Technology - Rev. G, 2003