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7.2 KiB
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7.2 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
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.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu> All rights reserved.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 25,2003
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.Dt ARLCONTROL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm arlconfig
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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 Cm name Ar name
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm sid Ar SID
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 )
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm channel Ar channel
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(depend on
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.Ar country )
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 )
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm spread Ar spread Cm ( 354, 500, 1000, 2000 )
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm bitrate Ar bitrate ( Cm 0-4)
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 )
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.Nm
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.Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest )
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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 Ar seconds [ Cm count Ar <count> ]
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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 parameters include
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the station name, the station operation mode
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.Ar (point to point or infrastructure) ,
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and the network name of a service
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set to join.
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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 Cm name Ar name
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Set
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.Ar Device Name .
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This
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parameter is used to establish a 15-byte ASCII name
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for the Arlan 655 Client Card. The
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.Ar Device Name
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is optional and may be left blank.
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.Pp
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If you choose to assign a name, while operating in
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.Ar TMA
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mode, the name will appear in the Arlan Access Point's Registration Table.
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Duplicate names are allowed.
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.It Cm sid Ar SID
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Set
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.Ar System Identifier.
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The System Identifier
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.Ar (SID)
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is a 4-byte, hexadecimal digit value that
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is attached to each packet sent out over the radio. Establishing a
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.Ar SID
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allows you to group nodes into a microcelluar network and exclude
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those nodes that are whiting radio range on other networks.
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.Pp
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The
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.Ar SID
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value must be an even number, cannot exceed ts and must start with
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00 or 02. Examples of valid SID values are: 00000102, 0200AA14, 00013A18,
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007F6380. The
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.Ar default
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SID is
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.Cm 00000002 .
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.Pp
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Since nodes will only receive packets from other nodes with a matching SID,
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you must make sure that the Arlan 655 Client Card is set the same SID as
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other nodes on your network.
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.It Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 )
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Use
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.Ar operating mode
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parameter to specify whether you are operating in
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.Ar TMA , Non-TMA
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or
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.Ar PSP
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mode. The
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.Ar default
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setting is
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.Cm TMA
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mode.
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.Bl -column ".Em Mode" ".Em Regmode" -offset indent indent
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.Em "Mode Registration mode"
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.It 640 Ta TMA
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.It 655 Ta Non-TMA
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.It PSP Ta Power save mode
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.El
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.!!!
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.It Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 )
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.It Cm channel Ar channel
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.It Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 )
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Chose
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.Ar country , channel , freq
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parameters that depend on the
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.Ar contry
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according to the following table:
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.Bl -column ".Em Country" ".Em Channel" ".Em MHz" -offset indent indent
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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 Cm bitrate Ar bitrate ( Cm 0-4)
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.It Cm spread Ar spread Cm ( 354, 500, 1000, 2000 )
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Set device operating bitrate or spread.
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.Bl -column ".Em Rate" ".Em Spread" ".Em kb/s" -offset indent indent
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.Em "Rate Spread kb/s"
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.It 0 Ta - Ta Auto
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.It 1 Ta 354 Ta 354
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.It 2 Ta 512 Ta 512
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.It 3 Ta 1000 Ta 1000
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.It 4 Ta 2000 Ta 2000
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.El
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.It Cm priority Ar priority ( 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 Atlan 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 higest .
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The higher the priority set, the more likely this unit wil be 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 other than
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.Dq normal
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should be kept small - 10 percent or less.
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.It Cm stat
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Print internal Arlan 655 statistics block.
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.It Cm quality Ar seconds [ Cm count Ar <count> ]
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Perform link quality test during
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.Ar seconds
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transmitting
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.Ar count
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packets.
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Currently is broken.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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alrlconfig arl0 name NODE1 sid 4 freq 2442
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arlconfig arl0 quality 10 seconds
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arlconfig arl0 status
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.Pp
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You can configure Arlan 655 card from /etc/start_if.arl0. For example:
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.Pp
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#!/bin/sh
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/sbin/arlconfig arl0 sid 0x000002 freq 2412 spread 2000 mode 640
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arl 4 ,
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.Xr "Arlan 655 ISA Wireless LAN Client Card User Guide" .
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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 BUGS
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Aironet Arlan 640 bridges and Arlan 630 access points don't understand
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country codes other than 9.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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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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Manpage was written by
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.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru .
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