1ath(7D) Devices ath(7D)
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6 ath - Atheros AR52xx 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver
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9 The ath 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
10 clonable, GLDv3-based STREAMS driver for the Atheros AR52xx
11 (AR5210/5211/5212) chipset-based wireless NIC.
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14 The ath driver functions include controller initialization, wireless
15 802.11b/g infrastructure network connection, WEP, frame transmit and
16 receive, and promiscuous and multi-cast support.
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19 The ath driver performs auto-negotiation to determine the data rates
20 and mode. Supported 802.11b data rates (Mbits/sec.) are 1, 2, 5.5 and
21 11. Supported 802.11g data rates (Mbits/sec.) are 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9,
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25 The ath driver supports only BSS networks (also known as "ap" or "in‐
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28 administration can be performed through the dladm(1M) or wificon‐
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32 /dev/ath* Special character device.
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35 /kernel/drv/ath 32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
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47 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
48 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
49 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
50 │Architecture │x86 │
51 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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70SunOS 5.11 14 Nov 2006 ath(7D)