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PR:		55440
Submitted by:	Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
MFC after:	3 days
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brueffer 2003-08-13 12:54:55 +00:00
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@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ falls back to slower speeds when it does not.
Except for the Lucent WaveLAN Bronze cards, all cards supported by the
.Nm
driver support WEP for encryption.
To enable encryption, use the
To enable encryption, use
.Xr ifconfig 8
as shown below.
.Pp
@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ or
.Dq "legacy Lucent ad-hoc mode" ,
predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate
with cards from different vendors.
The standardized point-to-point mode, is called IBSS (or confusingly
The standardized point-to-point mode is called IBSS (or confusingly
just ad-hoc mode), but is not supported by cards with very old
firmware revisions.
If your cards supports IBSS mode, it is recommended that you use it in
@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P)
Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
.El
.Pp
The following addapters have the same model numbers as those listed
The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed
above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away
from the Prism family.
from the Prism family:
.Pp
.Bl -item -compact
.It
DLink DWL520
@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only):
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps \e
mediaopt hostap
.Ed
.Pp
Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only):
@ -309,14 +311,14 @@ This will give you the same functionality as an access point.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "wi%d: init failed"
The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command
The WaveLAN card failed to become ready after an initialization command
was issued.
.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.
This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt.
.It "wi%d: device timeout"
The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit
command.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ older versions of station firmware.
.Pp
Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not support IBSS
mode.
These cards support only the pre 802.11 mode known as
These cards support only the pre-802.11 mode known as
.Dq "demo ad-hoc mode"
which does not interoperate with stations in IBSS mode.
.Pp