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.Dd July 16, 2005
.Dt ARL 4 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm arl
.Nd "Aironet Arlan 655 wireless network adapter driver"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following line in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device arl"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_arl_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Aironet Arlan 655
wireless network adapters.
The Arlan 655 series adapters operate at 354kbps, 512kbps, 1Mbps and 2Mbps.
.Pp
The Aironet Arlan 655 devices support Aironet TMA, Aironet Non-TMA
and PSP operating modes.
.Pp
By default, the
.Nm
driver configures the Aironet Arlan 655 card for TMA operation.
.Pp
To set up Radio Network parameters, use
.Xr arlcontrol 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr arlcontrol 8 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Sh LIMITATIONS
When using
.Xr ifconfig 8
for setting
.Va SSID
you must use a 4-byte even hexadecimal digit value and it must start with
00 or 02.
.Pp
You can change
.Va channel
for current
.Va country
only through
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
You must use
.Xr arlcontrol 8
for changing
.Va country .
.Pp
Cannot change link-level address.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
driver was initially written by
.An Ivan Sharov Aq ivan.sharov@iname.com .
.Aq ran@styx.aic.net
wrote the
.Xr arlcontrol 8
utility and added
.Xr ioctl 2
support to the driver.
.An Stanislav Svirid Aq count@riss-telecom.ru
ported this driver to the new ISA architecture, merged some al driver changes,
fixed some bugs and made it a module.
.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru
wrote this manpage.