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Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
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.Dd September 10, 1999
These pages are not i386-specific.
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.Dt AN 4
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.Os
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Sh NAME
.Nm an
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.Nd "Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver"
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
First round of config related changes to the manpages. device blah0 -> device blah for PCI devices and busses.
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.Cd "device an"
Add device wlan as its now required. Discussed with: imp
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.Cd "device wlan"
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800
Mention Cisco and Xircom devices supported by an driver.
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wireless network adapters and variants, including the following:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent
.It
Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800 series
.It
Cisco Aironet 340 and 350 series
.It
Xircom Wireless Ethernet Adapter
.El
.Pp
Support for these devices include the ISA, PCI and PCMCIA
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varieties.
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The Aironet 4500 series adapters operate at 1 and 2Mbps while
the Aironet 4800 series and Cisco adapters can operate at 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps.
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The ISA, PCI
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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and PCMCIA devices are all based on the same core PCMCIA modules
and all have the same programming interface, however unlike the
Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE cards, the ISA and PCI cards appear to the
Typo ("no not" -> "do not") Submitted by: Dave McKay <monk@sneakerz.org>
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host as normal ISA and PCI devices and do not require any PCCARD
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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support.
.Pp
Use PC Card instead of other variants in the driver man pages.
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The PCMCIA Aironet cards require PC Card support, including the
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kernel
.Xr pccard 4
driver.
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ISA cards can either be configured to use ISA Plug and Play
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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or to use a particular I/O address and IRQ
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by properly setting the DIP switches on the board.
(The default
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switch setting is for Plug and Play.)
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The
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Nm
driver has Plug and Play support and will work in either configuration,
however when using a hard-wired I/O address and IRQ, the driver
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configuration and the NIC's switch settings must agree.
PCI cards
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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require no switch settings of any kind and will be automatically
probed and attached.
.Pp
All host/device interaction with the Aironet cards is via programmed I/O.
The Aironet devices support 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management,
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BSS (infrastructure) and IBSS (ad-hoc) operation modes.
The
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Nm
driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however
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it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
Transmit speed is
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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selectable between 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps or
"auto" (the NIC automatically chooses the best speed).
.Pp
By default, the
.Nm
change the default mode from adhoc to bss (infrastructure) Reviewed by: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
2001-03-12 06:13:39 +00:00
driver configures the Aironet card for infrastructure operation.
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "an%d: init failed"
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The Aironet card failed to become ready after an initialization command was
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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issued.
.It "an%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.
.It "an%d: device timeout"
The Aironet card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
command.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
Xref miibus(4).
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.Xr miibus 4 ,
Removed whitespace at end-of-line; no content changes. I simply did cd src/share; find man[1-9] -type f|xargs perl -pi -e 's/[ \t]+$//' BTW, what editors are the culprits? I'm using vim and it shows me whitespace at EOL in troff files with a thick blue block... Reviewed by: Silence from cvs diff -b MFC after: 7 days
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.Xr netintro 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)
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.Xr wlan 4 ,
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.Xr ancontrol 8 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 4.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
Add driver support for the Aironet 4500/4800 series wireless 802.11 NICs. (Finally!) The PCMCIA, ISA and PCI varieties are all supported, though only the ISA and PCI ones will work on the alpha for now. PCCARD, ISA and PCI attachments are all provided. Also provided an ancontrol(8) utility for configuring the NIC, man pages, and updated pccard.conf.sample. ISA cards are supported in both ISA PnP and hard-wired mode, although you must configure the kernel explicitly to support the hardwired mode since you have to know the I/O address and port ahead of time. Special thanks to Doug Ambrisko for doing the initial newbus hackery and getting it to work in infrastructure mode.
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The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ee.columbia.edu .
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