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Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$
1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00
.\" $FreeBSD$
Additional patches from OpenBSD. Mostly grammar fixes and the like, however I'm adding the Dlink DWL520 as supported from OpenBSD. Also adding Dlink DWL650 since I have one in my hot little hands and it works great. # I suspect that OpenBSD needs this too :-)
2002-05-03 05:39:16 +00:00
.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.14 2002/04/29 19:53:50 jsyn Exp $
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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.\"
Fix various broken links in manual pages. Submitted by: Michiel Overtoom (motoom % xs4all nl) PR: 159130 159131 159132 159133 159134 159135 159136 159137 158138 159144 Approved by: re (kib) MFC after: 3 days
2011-07-23 22:55:32 +00:00
.Dd July 23, 2011
Remove the MD part from the document title. Forgotten by: obrien
2001-02-20 11:07:27 +00:00
.Dt WI 4
mdoc(7) police: removed HISTORY info from the .Os call.
2001-07-10 15:31:11 +00:00
.Os
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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.Sh NAME
.Nm wi
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Nd "Lucent Hermes, and Intersil PRISM IEEE 802.11 driver"
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
Work around an apparent mdoc(7) bug. Spotted by: marius Discussed with: ru
2005-10-07 02:32:16 +00:00
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
Break long lines and kill a few instances of EOL whitespace. Noticed by: ru
2005-07-21 05:02:39 +00:00
kernel configuration file:
Add a "Load module on start up" comment, similar to mac_*.4 pages[1]. Quote .Cd and .Nd text. Bump doc date. Requested by: some user through ru Supported by: ru, dwmalone, brueffer
2005-07-19 00:26:30 +00:00
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
Third round of config related changes to the manpages. device blah0 -> device blah for PCI devices and busses.
2000-01-23 17:00:18 +00:00
.Cd "device wi"
WLAN related fixes: - Add some wlan(4) related cross-references. - Add some "device" lines to SYNOPSIS - Correct grammar/sentencing in ath_hal(4) manual page PR: docs/54114 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> Approved by: des (mentor)
2003-07-18 11:40:41 +00:00
.Cd "device wlan"
Add a "Load module on start up" comment, similar to mac_*.4 pages[1]. Quote .Cd and .Nd text. Bump doc date. Requested by: some user through ru Supported by: ru, dwmalone, brueffer
2005-07-19 00:26:30 +00:00
.Ed
.Pp
Work around an apparent mdoc(7) bug. Spotted by: marius Discussed with: ru
2005-10-07 02:32:16 +00:00
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
Add a "Load module on start up" comment, similar to mac_*.4 pages[1]. Quote .Cd and .Nd text. Bump doc date. Requested by: some user through ru Supported by: ru, dwmalone, brueffer
2005-07-19 00:26:30 +00:00
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_wi_load="YES"
.Ed
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
driver provides support for 802.11b wireless network adapters based around
the Lucent Hermes, Intersil PRISM-II, Intersil PRISM-2.5, and Intersil
Prism-3 chipsets.
All chipsets provide a similar interface to the driver.
Bumpd date Minor word smithing on the need for newer firmware.
2008-08-02 23:41:10 +00:00
Only the Intersil chipsets support access point operation or WPA.
Very old versions of firmware are not supported at all.
Older versions of the firmware that are supported may severely limit
the ability to use these cards in newer networks.
Only relatively recent versions of Intersil firmware supports WPA.
See CAVEATS for details.
Update man page to match the new world order after Sam updated us to NetBSD's 802.11 infrastructure.
2003-02-11 17:40:56 +00:00
All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O, even on those cards
that support a DMA interface.
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Pp
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Pp
.Nm
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
supports
.Cm station ,
.Cm adhoc ,
.Cm adhoc-demo ,
.Cm hostap ,
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
Only one
virtual interface may be configured at a time.
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
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For more information on configuring this device, see
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Pp
Cards supported by the
.Nm
driver come in a variety of packages, though the most common
are of the PCMCIA type.
In many cases, the PCI version of a wireless card is simply
a PCMCIA card bundled with a PCI adapter.
The PCI adapters come in two flavors: true PCMCIA bridges and
dumb PCMCIA bridges.
A true PCMCIA bridge (such as those sold by Lucent) will attach
as a real PCMCIA controller.
The wireless card will then attach to the PCMCIA bus.
Wireless cards in PCMCIA slots may be inserted and ejected on the fly.
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Pp
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
A dumb bridge, on the other hand, does not show up as a true PCMCIA bus.
The wireless card will simply appear to the host as a normal PCI
device and will not require any PCMCIA support.
Cards in this type of adapter should only be removed when the
machine is powered down.
.Pp
Additional patches from OpenBSD. Mostly grammar fixes and the like, however I'm adding the Dlink DWL520 as supported from OpenBSD. Also adding Dlink DWL650 since I have one in my hot little hands and it works great. # I suspect that OpenBSD needs this too :-)
2002-05-03 05:39:16 +00:00
The following cards are among those supported by the
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Nm
driver:
.Pp
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Bl -column -compact "Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 2.5" "Spectrum24" "PCI or PCMCIA"
.Em "Card Chip Bus"
3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A Prism-II PCI
Add a few wi-supported cards to get this manpage caught up with the hardware notes. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (implicitly)
2003-12-02 07:07:45 +00:00
Accton airDirect WN3301 PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
ACTIONTEC HWC01170 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Add a boatload of new device ids, gleaned from the pcmcia-cs-3.2.8 distribution. Add the appropriate devices to the man pages. Obtained from: pcmcia-cs Approved by: re (scottl)
2005-07-10 02:00:35 +00:00
Adaptech ANW-8030 Prism-3 PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Addtron AWP-100 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Adtec Adlink/340C Prism-II PCMCIA
More devices supported, but not in the man page
2003-07-15 07:27:57 +00:00
Airvast WN 100 Prism-3 PCMCIA
Add a few wi-supported cards to get this manpage caught up with the hardware notes. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (implicitly)
2003-12-02 07:07:45 +00:00
Airway 802.11 Adapter PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Agere Orinoco Hermes PCMCIA
Add an information and fix typo.
2003-03-27 19:33:22 +00:00
Allied Telesis WR211PCM Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch of cards that we've added IDs for in the past few months: +Allied Telesis WR211PCM Prism? PCMCIA +ArTem OnAir Prism? PCMCIA +Bay eMobility 11B Prism-2.5? PCMCIA +Blue Concentric Circle WL-379F Prism-II CF +Linksys WCF11 Prism-3 PCMCIA +YIS TWL-11B Prism-II PCMCIA
2003-02-17 18:21:51 +00:00
ArTem OnAir Prism? PCMCIA
add asus wl100
2003-07-11 09:25:18 +00:00
Asus WL100 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Avaya Wireless Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch of cards that we've added IDs for in the past few months: +Allied Telesis WR211PCM Prism? PCMCIA +ArTem OnAir Prism? PCMCIA +Bay eMobility 11B Prism-2.5? PCMCIA +Blue Concentric Circle WL-379F Prism-II CF +Linksys WCF11 Prism-3 PCMCIA +YIS TWL-11B Prism-II PCMCIA
2003-02-17 18:21:51 +00:00
Bay eMobility 11B Prism-2.5? PCMCIA
Blue Concentric Circle WL-379F Prism-II CF
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
BreezeNet Wireless Prism-II PCMCIA
Buffalo WLI-PCM-S11 Prism-II PCMCIA
Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11G Hermes PCMCIA
Buffalo WLI-CF-S11G Prism-II CF
Add buffalo airstation wli2-cf-s11 I got in japan to the list
2003-07-05 00:31:51 +00:00
Buffalo WLI2-CF-S11G Prism 2.5 CF
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Cabletron RoamAbout Hermes PCMCIA
Compaq Agency NC5004 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Compaq WL100 Prism-II PCMCIA
compaq WL110 is a lucent card Submitted by Jeremy Bingham
2003-09-10 19:34:51 +00:00
Compaq WL110 Hermes PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Compaq WL200 Prism-II PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Contec FLEXLAN/FX-DS110-PCC Prism-II PCMCIA
Corega PCC-11 Prism-II PCMCIA
Corega PCCA-11 Prism-II PCMCIA
Corega PCCB-11 Prism-II PCMCIA
Corega CGWLPCIA11 Prism-II PCI
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Dell TrueMobile 1150 Hermes PCMCIA
Note that the Dlink Air 660 is supported.
2003-01-14 01:14:08 +00:00
Dlink Air 660 Prism-II PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Dlink DWL520 Prism-2.5 PCI
Dlink DWL650 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Add a few wi-supported cards to get this manpage caught up with the hardware notes. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (implicitly)
2003-12-02 07:07:45 +00:00
ELECOM Air@Hawk/LD-WL11/PCC PCMCIA
ELSA MC-11 PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
ELSA XI300 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add recent ELSA additions to wi(4), plus make sure the list matches the driver for ELSA. PR: 77913 Submitted by: Daan Vreeken MFC after: 3 days
2008-08-27 04:55:37 +00:00
ELSA XI325 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
ELSA APDL325 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
ELSA XI330 Prism-3 PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
ELSA XI800 Prism-II CF
EMTAC A2424i Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Farallon Skyline Prism-II PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Gemtek WL-311 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Hawking Technology WE110P Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Home Wireless Networks Prism-II PCMCIA
IBM High Rate Wireless Hermes PCMCIA
ICOM SL-1100 Prism-II PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
I-O DATA WN-B11/PCM Prism-II PCMCIA
Intersil Prism II Prism-II PCMCIA
Intersil Mini-PCI Prism-2.5 PCI
Add another SMC device. Submitted by: ken wongk at abo dot dnsalias stop org PR: 66343 Approved by: re@ (hrs)
2007-07-11 04:17:02 +00:00
Intersil ISL37100P Prism-3 PCMCIA
Intersil ISL37110P Prism-3 PCMCIA
Intersil ISL37300P Prism-3 PCMCIA
Add a few wi-supported cards to get this manpage caught up with the hardware notes. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (implicitly)
2003-12-02 07:07:45 +00:00
Laneed Wireless PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 Prism-II PCMCIA
Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 2.5 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Linksys Instant Wireless WPC11 3.0 Prism-3 PCMCIA
Add a bunch of cards that we've added IDs for in the past few months: +Allied Telesis WR211PCM Prism? PCMCIA +ArTem OnAir Prism? PCMCIA +Bay eMobility 11B Prism-2.5? PCMCIA +Blue Concentric Circle WL-379F Prism-II CF +Linksys WCF11 Prism-3 PCMCIA +YIS TWL-11B Prism-II PCMCIA
2003-02-17 18:21:51 +00:00
Linksys WCF11 Prism-3 PCMCIA
Add new supported cards
2003-07-19 06:19:43 +00:00
Linksys WCF12 Prism-3 CF
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Lucent WaveLAN Hermes PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Melco Airconnect Prism-II PCMCIA
Note that Microsoft MN-520 WLAN card is now supported.
2003-08-14 06:35:48 +00:00
Microsoft MN-520 WLAN Prism-II PCMCIA
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
NANOSPEED ROOT-RZ2000 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a few wi-supported cards to get this manpage caught up with the hardware notes. Reviewed by: imp Approved by: re (implicitly)
2003-12-02 07:07:45 +00:00
NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
NDC/Sohoware NCP130 Prism-II PCI
NEC CMZ-RT-WP Prism-II PCMCIA
NEC PK-WL001 is Lucent, not Prism-II.
2003-04-10 17:04:03 +00:00
NEC PK-WL001 Lucent PCMCIA
Add a bunch of cards that we've added IDs for in the past few months: +Allied Telesis WR211PCM Prism? PCMCIA +ArTem OnAir Prism? PCMCIA +Bay eMobility 11B Prism-2.5? PCMCIA +Blue Concentric Circle WL-379F Prism-II CF +Linksys WCF11 Prism-3 PCMCIA +YIS TWL-11B Prism-II PCMCIA
2003-02-17 18:21:51 +00:00
NEC PC-WL/11C Prism-II PCMCIA
The Netgear MA311 is a Prism 2.5 card. Submitted by: duncan@quantumlogic.net
2003-04-05 13:07:44 +00:00
Netgear MA311 Prism-2.5 PCI
Update the description of the Netgear MA401 to say Prism-II/2.5; my 401 is a 2.5, so presumably many of them are. MFC after: 3 days
2003-06-20 04:27:55 +00:00
Netgear MA401 Prism-II/2.5 PCMCIA
Add new supported cards
2003-07-19 06:19:43 +00:00
Netgear MA401RA Prism-II PCMCIA
Netgear MA701 Prism-II CF
More devices supported, but not in the man page
2003-07-15 07:27:57 +00:00
NOKIA C020 WLAN Prism-II PCMCIA
NOKIA C110 WLAN Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
NTT-ME 11Mbps Wireless LAN Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Planex GeoWave/GW-NS110 Prism-II PCMCIA
Planex GW-NS11H Prism-II PCMCIA
Proxim Harmony Prism-II PCMCIA
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
Proxim RangeLAN-DS Prism-II PCMCIA
Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2000N Prism-II PCMCIA
Note SENAO SL-2511CD support
2005-01-20 17:48:01 +00:00
SENAO SL-2511CD Prism-3 PCMCIA
Siemens SpeedStream SS1021 Obtained from: OpenBSD (minor mods for our stuff); millert
2003-07-15 03:41:13 +00:00
Siemens SpeedStream SS1021 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add entry for Prism-3 based Siemens SpeedStream card. It has identical packaging and model numbers, but has had the Prism-II chips replaced by Prism-3. The wi driver was just updated with the new entry.
2008-08-02 23:29:35 +00:00
Siemens SpeedStream SS1021 Prism-3 PCMCIA
Add another SMC device. Submitted by: ken wongk at abo dot dnsalias stop org PR: 66343 Approved by: re@ (hrs)
2007-07-11 04:17:02 +00:00
SMC 2532W-B Prism-II PCMCIA
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
SMC 2602 EZ Connect (3.3V) Prism-II PCI or PCMCIA
SMC 2632 EZ Connect Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Socket Low Power WLAN-CF Prism-II CF
Sony PCWA-C100 Lucent PCMCIA
document Sony PEGA-WL110 # I think this is prism 3 based, but I could be wrong
2003-09-22 05:36:32 +00:00
Sony PEGA-WL110 Prism-2.5 PCMCIA
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
TDK LAK-CD011WL Prism-II PCMCIA
Add a bunch more cards that are known to work. Add a warning about the Symbol LA-4100 series of cards. You gotta load special firmware, and the wi driver in the tree doesn't support that yet.
2002-07-30 06:58:27 +00:00
Toshiba Wireless LAN Card Prism-II PCMCIA
Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks and double whitespaces.
2004-07-03 18:29:24 +00:00
U.S.\& Robotics Wireless Card 2410 Prism-II PCMCIA
Add an information and fix typo.
2003-03-27 19:33:22 +00:00
YIS YWL-11B Prism-II PCMCIA
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.El
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Pp
Several vendors sell PCI adapters built around the PLX Technology 9050
or 9052 chip.
The following such adapters are supported or expected to work:
.Pp
Use -item lists instead of -tag lists. Grammar.
2003-05-20 22:09:18 +00:00
.Bl -item -compact
.It
3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A (3.3V)
.It
Belkin F5D6000 (a rebadged WL11000P)
.It
Eumitcom WL11000P
.It
Global Sun Technology GL24110P (untested)
.It
Global Sun Technology GL24110P02
.It
LinkSys WDT11 (a rebadged GL24110P02)
.It
Netgear MA301
.It
US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P)
.It
Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.El
DWL-520 is used to describe three or four different cards. only some of them are prism based and are thus supported by wi. Document this fact.
2003-04-05 07:41:52 +00:00
.Pp
Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> MFC after: 3 days
2003-08-13 12:54:55 +00:00
The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed
DWL-520 is used to describe three or four different cards. only some of them are prism based and are thus supported by wi. Document this fact.
2003-04-05 07:41:52 +00:00
above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away
Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> MFC after: 3 days
2003-08-13 12:54:55 +00:00
from the Prism family:
.Pp
Use -item lists instead of -tag lists. Grammar.
2003-05-20 22:09:18 +00:00
.Bl -item -compact
.It
DLink DWL520
DWL-520 is used to describe three or four different cards. only some of them are prism based and are thus supported by wi. Document this fact.
2003-04-05 07:41:52 +00:00
.El
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point):
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
netmask 0xffffff00
.Ed
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Dq Li my_net :
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net
Add a missing .Ed tag. MFC after: 2 weeks
2009-11-18 01:13:15 +00:00
.Ed
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption:
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
wepmode on wepkey 0x8736639624 weptxkey 1
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Ed
.Pp
Try to de-confuse ad-hoc, demo ad-hoc and ibss: o Don't ever refer to ad-hoc mode in the raw. Instead, refer to it as demo ad-hoc mode or lucent legacy demo ad-hoc or some variation on this theme. o Talk about point-to-point modes rather than ad-hoc modes. Use ibss where appropriate. o Fix type IBBS -> IBSS
2002-05-04 04:59:20 +00:00
Join a Lucent legacy demo ad-hoc network with network name
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2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Dq Li my_net :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 wlanmode ahdemo \e
inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net
Minor tweaks: o go ahead and document ibss-master and ibss modes, since there are patches in the pipeline to support them. o Note that they aren't implemented yet. o Note that different regulatory domains have different default channels. o Note that Lucent cards prior to firmware 6.0.4 do not support ibss mode, and only support the older demo ad-hoc mode. o Note that PRISM2 chipsets do not support WDS mode of operation (the mysterious -p 2 option).
2002-05-03 18:11:17 +00:00
.Ed
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Pp
Update man page to match the new world order after Sam updated us to NetBSD's 802.11 infrastructure.
2003-02-11 17:40:56 +00:00
Join/create an IBSS network with network name
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Dq Li my_net :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 wlanmode adhoc wi0 \e
inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Ed
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Pp
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
Create a host-based access point (Prism only):
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 wlanmode hostap \e
inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Ed
.Pp
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only)
and plumb it into bridge to fxp0:
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Bd -literal -offset indent
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wi0 wlanmode hostap \e
inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
o Follow the trend and update a host-based wireless bridge example.
2005-09-28 15:22:17 +00:00
ifconfig bridge0 create
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
ifconfig bridge0 addm wlan0 addm fxp0 up
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
.Ed
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
.Pp
Update man page to match the new world order after Sam updated us to NetBSD's 802.11 infrastructure.
2003-02-11 17:40:56 +00:00
This will give you the same functionality as an access point.
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "wi%d: init failed"
Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> MFC after: 3 days
2003-08-13 12:54:55 +00:00
The WaveLAN card failed to become ready after an initialization command
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
was issued.
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC"
The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the
NIC's on-board RAM.
Update man page to match the new world order after Sam updated us to NetBSD's 802.11 infrastructure.
2003-02-11 17:40:56 +00:00
This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt.
Correct typo ("wd" -> "wi").
2000-03-03 06:58:30 +00:00
.It "wi%d: device timeout"
Markup, spelling and punctuation fixes PR: 55440 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> MFC after: 3 days
2003-08-13 12:54:55 +00:00
The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
command.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Xr intro 4 ,
Add xref to oldcard/newcard docs.
2003-02-27 20:45:54 +00:00
.Xr pccard 4 ,
Fixed cross references to pccbb(4), fixed spelling of "device cbb", and linked the pccbb(4) manpage to cbb(4). Reviewed by: imp
2003-06-05 21:12:55 +00:00
.Xr pccbb 4 ,
Add xref to oldcard/newcard docs.
2003-02-27 20:45:54 +00:00
.Xr pcic 4 ,
WLAN related fixes: - Add some wlan(4) related cross-references. - Add some "device" lines to SYNOPSIS - Correct grammar/sentencing in ath_hal(4) manual page PR: docs/54114 Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> Approved by: des (mentor)
2003-07-18 11:40:41 +00:00
.Xr wlan 4 ,
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
.Xr wlan_xauth 4 ,
.Xr hostapd 8 ,
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.Rs
.%T HCF Light programming specification
Fix various broken links in manual pages. Submitted by: Michiel Overtoom (motoom % xs4all nl) PR: 159130 159131 159132 159133 159134 159135 159136 159137 158138 159144 Approved by: re (kib) MFC after: 3 days
2011-07-23 22:55:32 +00:00
.%U http://web.archive.org/web/20040130141721/http://wavelan.com/
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
Various man page cleanup: - Sort xrefs - FreeBSD.ORG -> FreeBSD.org - Be consistent with section names as outlined in mdoc(7). - Other misc mdoc cleanup. PR: doc/13144 Submitted by: Alexey M. Zelkin <phantom@cris.net>
1999-08-15 10:48:36 +00:00
.Sh AUTHORS
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
The original
Add device driver support for the Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA adapter (and some workalikes). Also add man pages and a wicontrol utility to manipulate some of the card parameters. This driver was written using information gleaned from the Lucent HCF Light library, though it does not use any of the HCF Light code itself, mainly because it's contaminated by the GPL (but also because it's pretty gross). The HCF Light lacks certain featurs from the full (but proprietary) HCF library, including 802.11 frame encapsulation support, however it has just enough register information about the Hermes chip to allow someone with enough spare time and energy to implement a proper driver. (I would have prefered getting my hands on the Hermes manual, but that's proprietary too. For those who are wondering, the Linux driver uses the proprietary HCF library, but it's provided in object code form only.) Note that I do not have access to a WavePOINT access point, so I have only been able to test ad-hoc mode. The wicontrol utility can turn on BSS mode, but I don't know for certain that the NIC will associate with an access point correctly. Testers are encouraged to send their results to me so that I can find out if I screwed up or not.
1999-05-05 07:37:11 +00:00
.Nm
mdoc(7) police: Do not use raw roff requests. Replace tbl(1)'s use with the mdoc(7)'s -column list. Removed cross references to non-existing manpages. Minor markup nits.
2002-05-30 10:33:19 +00:00
driver was written by
.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
Bring the wi man page into the 21st centry. This man page is based heavily on OpenBSD's wi man page, with OpenBSDisms replaced by FreeBSDisms. I also added a note about where the man page came from. I hope that I've not broken anything that ru cleaned up. We now run this through tbl, but that appears to be automatic. Obtained From: OpenBSD
2002-05-02 22:51:40 +00:00
This man page comes from
.Ox .
.Sh CAVEATS
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
The driver will reject devices with old firmware to
avoid dealing with numerous defects.
Unfortunately the driver does not support downloading new firmware
to the card so if new firmware is needed users will have to boot
a different system to accomplish this.
.Pp
Intersil Prism cards must have firmware versions 0.8.0 or later and
version 1.7.0 or later are required to support functionality such as WPA.
mdoc(7) police: Added missing markup bits.
2003-03-02 21:15:52 +00:00
Some users of Prism-II and 2.5 based cards report that station firmware
`Word-smithing'
2003-03-01 19:13:27 +00:00
version 1.3.4 works better for them in hostap than 1.4.9.
Older versions of the Prism station firmware have a number of issues
Add notes about which versions of firmware is known to work/fail with various functions of the card. Be pedantically careful to use 'station firmware' when talking about the version of Prism firmware. As always, word-smithing welcome. MFC-After: Tom Rhodes wakes up and notices :-)
2003-03-01 18:26:49 +00:00
with hostap mode.
`Word-smithing'
2003-03-01 19:13:27 +00:00
The IBSS/adhoc mode appears to work well on station firmware 1.3.1 and
later.
The IBSS/adhoc mode appears to have problems for some people with
Add notes about which versions of firmware is known to work/fail with various functions of the card. Be pedantically careful to use 'station firmware' when talking about the version of Prism firmware. As always, word-smithing welcome. MFC-After: Tom Rhodes wakes up and notices :-)
2003-03-01 18:26:49 +00:00
older versions of station firmware.
Minor tweaks: o go ahead and document ibss-master and ibss modes, since there are patches in the pipeline to support them. o Note that they aren't implemented yet. o Note that different regulatory domains have different default channels. o Note that Lucent cards prior to firmware 6.0.4 do not support ibss mode, and only support the older demo ad-hoc mode. o Note that PRISM2 chipsets do not support WDS mode of operation (the mysterious -p 2 option).
2002-05-03 18:11:17 +00:00
.Pp
Multi-bss (aka vap) support for 802.11 devices. Note this includes changes to all drivers and moves some device firmware loading to use firmware(9) and a separate module (e.g. ral). Also there no longer are separate wlan_scan* modules; this functionality is now bundled into the wlan module. Supported by: Hobnob and Marvell Reviewed by: many Obtained from: Atheros (some bits)
2008-04-20 20:35:46 +00:00
Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not implement IBSS
mode and are not supported.
Add a few clarifications to this man page. Also, add a table that describes the minimum versions of each feature and each chipset type supported by this driver. Basically, unless you have a very modern version of firmware on a Prism card, you won't be able to use these cards for much on modern networks that have any kind of protection enabled, except for the few WEP-only stranglers that appear at some conferences...
2008-07-26 18:31:39 +00:00
.Pp
Prior versions of
.Nm
supported Symbol firmware.
That support has been removed due to persistent problems with this
firmware as well as getting proper documentation on this firmware.
.Pp
Hermes 2 and Hermes 3 chips are not supported by this driver.
.Pp
Here's the above requirements in the form of a table
.Pp
.Bl -column -compact "Prims II/2.5" "xxxxxxxx" "xxxxxxxx" "xxxxxxxx" "xxxxxxxx"
.Em "Firmware Minimum WPA Host AP Adhoc/IBSS"
Prism II/2.5 0.8.0 1.7.0 1.3.4 1.3.1
Prism 3 0.8.0 1.7.0 1.4.9 1.3.1
Hermes 6.0.6 none none 6.0.6
Symbol none none none none
.El
Update man page to match the new world order after Sam updated us to NetBSD's 802.11 infrastructure.
2003-02-11 17:40:56 +00:00
.Sh BUGS
Not all the new messages are documented here, and many of them are
indications of transient errors that are not indications of serious
problems.
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