1ath(7D)                             Devices                            ath(7D)
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NAME

6       ath - Atheros AR52xx 802.11b/g wireless NIC driver
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DESCRIPTION

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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DRIVER CONFIGURATION

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,
22       12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 54.
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25        The ath driver supports only BSS networks (also known  as "ap" or "in‐
26       frastructure" networks) and the "open" (or "opensystem") authentication
27       type. Only  WEP encryption is currently  supported.  Configuration  and
28       administration  can  be performed  through  the  dladm(1M) or  wificon‐
29       fig(1M) utilities.
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FILES

32       /dev/ath*                 Special character device.
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35       /kernel/drv/ath           32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
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38       /kernel/drv/amd64/ath     64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).
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ATTRIBUTES

42       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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47       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
48       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
49       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
50       │Architecture                 │x86                          │
51       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

54       dladm(1M), wificonfig(1M), gld(7D)
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57       ANSI/IEEE Std 802.11- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology, 1999.
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60       IEEE Std 802.11a- Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev. A, 2003
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63       IEEE Std 802.11b - Standard for Wireless LAN Technology-Rev.B, 2003
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66       IEEE Std 802.11g— Standard for Wireless LAN Technology - Rev. G, 2003
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70SunOS 5.11                        14 Nov 2006                          ath(7D)
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