104 lines
3.2 KiB
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104 lines
3.2 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004
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.\" Ivan Sharov <ivan.sharov@iname.com>. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Ivan Sharov.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Ivan Sharov AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Ivan Sharov OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
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.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd August 26, 2003
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.Dt ARL 4 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm arl
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.Nd "Aironet Arlan 655 wireless network adapter driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Cd "device arl"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for Aironet Arlan 655
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wireless network adapters.
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The Arlan 655 series adapters operate at 354kbps, 512kbps, 1Mbps and 2Mbps.
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.Pp
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The Aironet Arlan 655 devices support Aironet TMA, Aironet Non-TMA
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and PSP operating modes.
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.Pp
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By default, the
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.Nm
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driver configures the Aironet Arlan 655 card for TMA operation.
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.Pp
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To set up Radio Network parameters, use
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.Xr arlcontrol 8 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr arlcontrol 8 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh LIMITATIONS
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When using
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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for setting
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.Va SSID
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you must use a 4-byte even hexadecimal digit value and it must start with
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00 or 02.
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.Pp
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You can change
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.Va channel
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for current
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.Va country
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only through
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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You must use
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.Xr arlcontrol 8
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for changing
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.Va country .
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.Pp
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Cannot change link-level address.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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device driver first appeared in
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.Fx 5.3 .
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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 initially written by
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.An Ivan Sharov Aq ivan.sharov@iname.com .
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.Aq ran@styx.aic.net
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wrote the
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.Xr arlcontrol 8
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utility and added
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.Xr ioctl 2
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support to the driver.
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.An Stanislav Svirid Aq count@riss-telecom.ru
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ported this driver to the new ISA architecture, merged some al driver changes,
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fixed some bugs and made it a module.
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.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru
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wrote this manpage.
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