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5.8 KiB
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188 lines
5.8 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2006
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.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 7, 2009
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.Dt UATH 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm uath
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.Nd Atheros USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following lines in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device ehci"
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.Cd "device uhci"
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.Cd "device ohci"
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.Cd "device usb"
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.Cd "device uath"
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.Cd "device wlan"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Alternatively, to load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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if_uath_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports USB 2.0 wireless network devices based on Atheros
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Communications fifth generation AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets.
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.Pp
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The AR5005UG chipset is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor
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and an AR2112 Radio-on-a-Chip that can operate between 2300 and 2500 MHz
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(802.11b/g).
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.Pp
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The AR5005UX chipset is made of an AR5523 multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor
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and an AR5112 dual band Radio-on-a-Chip that can operate between 2300 and
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2500 MHz (802.11b/g) or 4900 and 5850 MHz (802.11a).
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.Pp
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The AR5005UG and AR5005UX chipsets both have an integrated 32-bit MIPS
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R4000-class processor that runs a firmware and manages, among other things,
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the automatic control of the transmit rate and the calibration of the radio.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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supports
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.Cm station ,
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and
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.Cm monitor
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mode operation.
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Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Sh FIRMWARE
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.Nm
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requires firmware that is downloaded to the device.
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This is normally done by the
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.Xr uathload 8
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utility that is launched by
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.Xr devd 8
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when the device is inserted.
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.Xr uathload 8
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includes the firmware in the binary program.
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This firmware is licensed for general use and is included in the base system.
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The
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.Nm
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driver should work with the following adapters:
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.Bl -column "TRENDware International TEW-444UB" "AR5005UX"
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.It Em "Adapter" Ta Em "Chipset"
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.\".It Belkin F6D3050 AR5005UX
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.It Li "Compex WLU108AG" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "Compex WLU108G" Ta AR5005UG
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.\".It Li "D-Link DWL-AG132" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "D-Link DWL-G132" Ta AR5005UG
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.\".It Li "Edimax EW-7315Ug" Ta AR5005UG (AR2414???)
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.\".It Li "Lancom USB-54ag" Ta AR5005UX
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.\".It Li "NEC WL54TU" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "IODATA WN-G54/US" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "MELCO WLI-U2-KAMG54" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "Netgear WG111T" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "Netgear WG111U" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "Netgear WPN111" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "Olitec 000544" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "PLANET WDL-U357" Ta AR5005UX
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.\".It Li "Senao WUB-8004" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "Siemens Gigaset 108" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "SMC SMCWUSBT-G" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "SMC SMCWUSBT-G2" Ta AR5005UG
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.\".It Li "SparkLAN WL-685GS" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "SparkLAN WL-785A" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "TP-Link TL-WN620G" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "TRENDware International TEW-444UB" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "TRENDware International TEW-504UB" Ta AR5005UX
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.It Li "Unex Technology UR054ag" Ta AR5005UX
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.\".It Li "Wistron NeWeb DCUA-81" Ta AR5005UX
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.\".It Li "Wistron NeWeb DRUA-81" Ta AR5005UG
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.\".It Li "Wistron NeWeb DRUA-82" Ta AR5005UX
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.\".It Li "ZyXEL G-200 v2" Ta AR5005UG
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.It Li "ZyXEL XtremeMIMO M-202" Ta AR5005UX
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.El
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.Pp
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An up to date list can be found at
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.Pa http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/default.asp .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
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netmask 0xffffff00
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with network name
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.Dq Li my_net :
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.Pp
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.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 ssid my_net up"
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 ssid my_net \e
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wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
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wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
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.Ed
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Bl -diag
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.It "uath%d: could not send command (error=%s)"
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An attempt to send a command to the firmware failed.
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.It "uath%d: timeout waiting for command reply"
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A read command was sent to the firmware but the firmware failed to reply in
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time.
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.It "uath%d: device timeout"
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A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time.
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The driver will reset the hardware.
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This should not happen.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr usb 4 ,
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.Xr wlan 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
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.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
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.Xr devd 8 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
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.Xr uathload 8 ,
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.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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driver first appeared in
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.Ox 4.0 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Weongyo Jeong Aq Mt weongyo@FreeBSD.org
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and
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.An Sam Leffler Aq Mt sam@FreeBSD.org .
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It is distantly related to a driver written by
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.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien@openbsd.org .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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Atheros proprietary 108 Mbps mode (aka Super AG mode) is not supported.
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.Pp
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Dual-band adapters are presently not working;
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to workaround, restriction operation to 2.4GHz channels.
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