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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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.Dd April 21, 1999
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.Dt WICONTROL 8
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.Os FreeBSD 3.0
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Nd configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Op Fl o
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl t Ar tx rate
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl n Ar network name
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl s Ar station name
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl c Ar 0|1
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl q Ar SSID
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl p Ar port type
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl a Ar access point density
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl m Ar mac address
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl d Ar max data length
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.Nm wicontrol
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.Fl i Ar iface Fl r Ar RTS threshold
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command controls the operation of WaveLAN/IEEE wireless networking
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devices via the
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.Xr wi 4
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driver. Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the
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IEEE 802.11 protocol which the WaveLAN implements. This includes
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the station name, whether the station is operating in ad-hoc (point
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to point) or BSS (service set) mode, and the network name of a service
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set to join (IBSS) if BSS mode is enabled. The
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.Nm
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command can also be used to view the current settings of these paremeters
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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 WaveLAN/IEEE
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device (wi0, wi1, etc...). Interface parameters should only be changed
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when the interface is down. If the interface is already up, you should
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use the
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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command to bring the interface down, then set the interface parameters
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with
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.Nm ,
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and then bring the interface up again.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl i Ar iface Op Fl o
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Display the current settings of the specified WaveLAN/IEEE interface.
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This retrives the current card settings from the driver and prints them
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out. Using the additional
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.Fl o
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flag will cause
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.Nm
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to print out the statistics counters instead of the card settings.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl t Ar tx rate
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Set the transmit rate of the specified interface. The permitted values
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for the transmit rate are 1, 2 and 3, where 1 is fixed 1Mbps, 2 is
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fixed 2Mbps and 3 is 2Mbps with automatic fallback to 1Mbps. The default
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driver setting is 3.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl n Ar network name
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Set the name of the service set (IBSS) that this station wishes to
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join. The
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.Ar network name
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can be any text string up to 30 characters in length. The default name
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is the string "ANY" which should allow the station to connect to the first
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available access point. The interface should be set for BSS mode using
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the
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.Fl p
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flag in order for this to work.
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.Pp
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Note: the WaveLAN manual indicates that an empty string will allow the
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host to connect to any access point, however I have also seen a reference
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in another driver which indicates that the "ANY" string works as well.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl s Ar station name
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Sets the
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.Ar station name
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for the specified interface. The
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.Ar station name
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is used for diagnostic purposes. The Lucent WaveMANAGER sofware can
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poll the names of remove hosts.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl c Ar 0|1
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Allow the station to create a service set (IBSS). Permitted values
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are 0 (don't create IBSS) and 1 (enable creation of IBSS). The default
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is 0.
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.Pp
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Note: this option is provided for experimental purposes only: enabling
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the creation of an IBSS on a host system doesn't appear to actually work.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl q Ar SSID
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Specify the name of an IBSS (SSID) to create on a given interface.
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The
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.Ar SSID
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can be any text string up to 30 characters long.
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.Pp
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Note: this option is provided for experimental purposes only: enabling
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the creation of an IBSS on a host system doesn't appear to actually work.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl p Ar port type
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Set the
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.Ar port type
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for a specified interface. The legal values for
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.Ar port type
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are 1 (BSS mode) and 3 (ad-hoc) mode. In ad-hoc mode, the station can
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comminicate directly with any other stations within direct radio range
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(provided that they are also operating in ad-hoc mode). In BSS mode,
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hosts must associate with a service set controlled by an access point,
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which relays traffic between end stations. The default setting is 3
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(ad-hoc mode).
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl a Ar access_point_density
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Specify the
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.Ar access point density
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for a given interface. Legal values are 1 (low), 2 (medium) and 3 (high).
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This setting influences some of the radio modem threshold settings.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl m Ar mac address
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Set the station address for the specified interface. The
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.Ar mac address
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is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons,
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e.g.: 00:60:1d:12:34:56. This programs the new address into the card
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and updates the interface as well.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl d Ar max_data_length
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Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface.
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The
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.Ar max data length
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can be any number from 350 to 2304. The default is 2304.
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.It Fl i Ar iface Fl r Ar RTS threshold
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Set the RTS/CTS threshold for a given interface. This controls the
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number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handhake boundary. The
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.Ar RTS threshold
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can be any value between 0 and 2047. The default is 2347.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr wi 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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.Sh AUTHOR
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The
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.Nm
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command was written by
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.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .
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