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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd March 15, 2004
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.Dt ARLCONTROL 8 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm arlcontrol
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.Nd configure Aironet Arlan 655 device
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar iface
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm country Ar country Pq Cm 9 Ns - Ns Cm 15
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority Pq Cm normal , high , highest
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm stat
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm quality
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility controls the operation of Aironet Arlan 655 wireless networking
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devices via the
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.Xr arl 4
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driver.
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Most of the parameters that can be changed are related to the
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Aironet protocol which the Aironet Arlan 655 card implements.
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The
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.Nm
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utility can also be used to view the current NIC status, configuration,
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and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar iface
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argument given to
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.Nm
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should be the logical interface name associated with the Aironet Arlan 655
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device
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.Li ( arl0 , arl1 ,
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etc.) and must be specified.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Ar iface
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Display current settings of the specified wireless interface.
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This retrieves current card settings from the driver and prints
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them out.
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.It Ar iface Cm country Ar country Pq Cm 9 Ns - Ns Cm 15
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Chose
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.Ar country , channel
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parameters that depend on the
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.Ar country
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according to the following table:
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.Bl -column ".No North America" ".Em Channel" ".Em MHz"
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.Em "Country Ch_Set MHz"
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.It "North America" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
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.It "U.S.A" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
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.It "Canada" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
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.It "Mexico" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
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.It "New Zealand" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
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.It "E.T.S.I" Ta 10 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2472"
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.It "Japan" Ta 11 Ta "2484"
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.It "France" Ta 12 Ta "2457, 2465, 2475"
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.It "Australia" Ta 13 Ta "2411, 2425, 2439"
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.It "Germany" Ta 14 Ta "2427, 2442, 2457"
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.It "U.K.(MPT1349)" Ta 15 Ta "2460"
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.It "U.K." Ta 15 Ta "2460"
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.It "Spain" Ta 15 Ta "2460"
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.El
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.It Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority Pq Cm normal , high , highest
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Use the
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.Ar priority
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parameter to set the priority of the Arlan 655 Radio Media Access Control
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the values are
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.Cm normal , high
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or
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.Cm highest .
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The higher the priority is set, the more likely this unit will be the first
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to successfully transmit a packet when multiple units are trying
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to transmit at the same time.
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.Pp
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The percentage of units on your network that you set to values other than
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.Cm normal
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should be kept small - 10 percent or less.
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.It Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry
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Set transmit retries.
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Default is 0.
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.It Ar iface Cm stat
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Print internal Arlan 655 statistics block.
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.It Ar iface Cm quality
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Display the cached signal level and quality maintained by the
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.Xr arl 4
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driver.
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The driver retains information about quality and level for packets
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received from different hosts.
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Also the driver extracts values from ACK packets.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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arlcontrol arl0 country 11 priority high
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arlcontrol arl0 quality
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arlcontrol arl0 stat
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arlcontrol arl0
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.Ed
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.Pp
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You can configure the Arlan 655 card from
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.Pa /etc/start_if.arl0 .
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For example:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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#!/bin/sh
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/usr/sbin/arlcontrol country 9 priority highest
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arl 4
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.Rs
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.%T "Arlan 655 ISA Wireless LAN Client Card User Guide"
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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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utility first appeared in
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.Fx 5.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.Aq ran@styx.aic.net .
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This manpage was written by
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.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru .
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.Sh BUGS
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Aironet Arlan 640 bridges and Arlan 630 access points do not understand
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country codes other than 9.
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