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.\" Copyright (c) 2005, 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 January 29, 2006
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.Os
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.Dt RAL 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ral
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.Nd "Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11 driver"
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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 ral"
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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_ral_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 PCI/CardBus wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2500
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chipset.
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.Pp
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The RT2500 chipset consists of two integrated chips, a RT2560 MAC/BBP and a
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radio transceiver (the model of which depends on the card revision).
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.Pp
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The RT2522, RT2523, RT2524, RT2525, RT2525e and RT2526 radio transceivers
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operate in the 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g) whereas the RT5222 is a dual-band radio
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transceiver that can operate in the 2.4GHz and 5.2GHz bands (802.11a).
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.Pp
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The transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the
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driver depending on the received-signal strength and the number of transmission
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retries.
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports the following adapters:
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.Pp
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.Bl -column -compact ".Li Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" "Bus"
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.It Em Card Ta Em Bus
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.It Li "A-Link WL54H" Ta PCI
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.It Li "A-Link WL54PC" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Amigo AWI-914W" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Amigo AWI-922W" Ta mini-PCI
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.It Li "Amigo AWI-926W" Ta PCI
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.It Li "AMIT WL531C" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "AMIT WL531P" Ta PCI
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.It Li "AOpen AOI-831" Ta PCI
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.It Li "ASUS WL-107G" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "ASUS WL-130g" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Atlantis Land A02-PCI-W54" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Belkin F5D7000 v3" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Belkin F5D7010 v2" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Billionton MIWLGRL" Ta mini-PCI
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.It Li "Canyon CN-WF511" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Canyon CN-WF513" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "CC&C WL-2102" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "CNet CWC-854" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "CNet CWP-854" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Compex WL54G" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Compex WLP54G" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Conceptronic C54RC" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Conceptronic C54Ri" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Digitus DN-7001G-RA" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Digitus DN-7006G-RA" Ta PCI
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.It Li "E-Tech WGPC02" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "E-Tech WGPI02" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Edimax EW-7108PCg" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Edimax EW-7128g" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Eminent EM3036" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Eminent EM3037" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Encore ENLWI-G-RLAM" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Encore ENPWI-G-RLAM" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Fiberline WL-400P" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Fibreline WL-400X" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WIKG" Ta mini-PCI
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.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WMKG" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WPKG" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Hawking HWC54GR" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Hawking HWP54GR" Ta PCI
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.It Li "iNexQ CR054g-009 (R03)" Ta PCI
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.It Li "JAHT WN-4054P" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "JAHT WN-4054PCI" Ta PCI
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.It Li "LevelOne WNC-0301 v2" Ta PCI
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.It Li "LevelOne WPC-0301 v2" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Linksys WMP54G v4" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Micronet SP906GK" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Micronet SP908GK V3" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Minitar MN54GCB-R" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Minitar MN54GPC-R" Ta PCI
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.It Li "MSI CB54G2" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "MSI MP54G2" Ta mini-PCI
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.It Li "MSI PC54G2" Ta PCI
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.It Li "OvisLink EVO-W54PCI" Ta PCI
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.It Li "PheeNet HWL-PCIG/RA" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Pro-Nets CB80211G" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Pro-Nets PC80211G" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Repotec RP-WB7108" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Repotec RP-WP0854" Ta PCI
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.It Li "SATech SN-54C" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "SATech SN-54P" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Sitecom WL-112" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Sitecom WL-115" Ta PCI
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.It Li "SparkLAN WL-685R" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Surecom EP-9321-g" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Surecom EP-9321-g1" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Surecom EP-9428-g" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Sweex LC500050" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Sweex LC700030" Ta PCI
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.It Li "TekComm NE-9321-g" Ta PCI
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.It Li "TekComm NE-9428-g" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Unex CR054g-R02" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Unex MR054g-R02" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G160" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G360" Ta mini-PCI
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.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G361" Ta PCI
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.It Li "Zonet ZEW1500" Ta CardBus
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.It Li "Zonet ZEW1600" Ta PCI
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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://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ral/list.html .
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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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.Pp
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.Dl "ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
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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 ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
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wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 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 "ral%d: device timeout"
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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 arp 4 ,
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.Xr cardbus 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr pci 4 ,
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.Xr wlan 4 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Rs
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.%T "Ralink Technology"
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.%O http://www.ralinktech.com/
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.Re
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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 3.7 .
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.Sh CAVEATS
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PCI
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.Nm
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adapters seem to require a PCI 2.2 compliant motherboard and will likely not
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work with PCI 2.1 only motherboard.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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driver was written by
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.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
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