wavelan(4)

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NAME

6       wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
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SYNOPSIS

9       insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=B,B..] [ irq=I,I..] [name=N,N..]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This driver is obsolete: it was removed in Linux 2.6.35.
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14       wavelan  is  the  low-level  device  driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent
15       WaveLAN ISA and Digital (DEC) RoamAbout DS wireless  ethernet  adapter.
16       This  driver  is available as a module or might be compiled in the ker‐
17       nel.  This driver supports multiple cards in both forms (up to  4)  and
18       allocates the next available ethernet device (eth0..eth#) for each card
19       found, unless a device name is explicitly specified (see below).   This
20       device  name  will  be reported in the kernel log file with the MAC ad‐
21       dress, NWID, and frequency used by the card.
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23   Parameters
24       This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the  ins‐
25       mod(8) command line).  If the driver is included in the kernel, use the
26       ether=IRQ,IO,NAME syntax on the kernel command line.
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28       io     Specify the list of base addresses where to search  for  wavelan
29              cards (setting by dip switch on the card).  If you don't specify
30              any io address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0  addresses,
31              which might conflict with other hardware...
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33       irq    Set  the  list  of  IRQs  that each wavelan card should use (the
34              value is saved in permanent storage for future use).
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36       name   Set the list of names to be used for each  wavelan  card  device
37              (name used by ifconfig(8)).
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39   Wireless extensions
40       Use iwconfig(8) to manipulate wireless extensions.
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42   NWID (or domain)
43       Set  the  network  ID  [0 to FFFF] or disable it [off].  As the NWID is
44       stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will  be  reused  at  any
45       further invocation of the driver.
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47   Frequency & channels
48       For  the  2.4 GHz  2.00  Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by
49       specifying one of the 10 defined channels (2.412, 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305,
50       2.432,  2.442,  2.452,  2.460, 2.462 or 2.484) or directly as a numeric
51       value.  The frequency is changed  immediately  and  permanently.   Fre‐
52       quency availability depends on the regulations...
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54   Statistics spy
55       Set  a  list  of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last
56       quality of link for each of those (see iwspy(8)).
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58   /proc/net/wireless
59       status is the status reported by the modem.  Link quality  reports  the
60       quality  of the modulation on the air (direct sequence spread spectrum)
61       [max = 16].  Level and Noise refer to the signal level and noise  level
62       [max = 64].  The crypt discarded packet and misc discarded packet coun‐
63       ters are not implemented.
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65   Private ioctl
66       You may use iwpriv(8) to manipulate private ioctls.
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68   Quality and level threshold
69       Enables you to define the quality and level threshold used by the modem
70       (packet below that level are discarded).
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72   Histogram
73       This  functionality  makes  it possible to set a number of signal level
74       intervals and to count the number of packets received in each of  those
75       defined  intervals.   This  distribution might be used to calculate the
76       mean value and standard deviation of the signal level.
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78   Specific notes
79       This driver fails to detect some non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent Wavelan cards.  If
80       this  happens  for  you, you must look in the source code on how to add
81       your card to the detection routine.
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83       Some of the mentioned features are optional.  You may enable or disable
84       them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile.
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