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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of WAVELAN</TITLE>
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<H1>WAVELAN</H1>
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (4)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=</B><I>B,B..</I><B>] [ irq=</B><I>I,I..</I><B>] [name=</B><I>N,N..</I><B>]</B>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<I>This driver is obsolete:</I>
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it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35.
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<P>
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<I>wavelan</I>
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is the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent
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<B>WaveLAN ISA</B>
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and Digital (DEC)
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<B>RoamAbout DS</B>
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wireless ethernet adapter.
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This driver is available as a module or
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might be compiled in the kernel.
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This driver supports multiple cards
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in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available ethernet
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device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a device name is
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explicitly specified (see below).
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This device name will be reported
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in the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID and frequency used
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by the card.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H3>Parameters</H3>
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This section apply to the module form (parameters passed on the
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+insmod">insmod</A></B>(8)
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command line).
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If the driver is included in the kernel, use the
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<I>ether=IRQ,IO,NAME</I>
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syntax on the kernel command line.
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>io</B>
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<DD>
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Specify the list of base address where to search for wavelan cards
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(setting by dip switch on the card).
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If you don't specify any io
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address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might
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conflict with other hardware...
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<DT id="2"><B>irq</B>
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<DD>
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Set the list of irq that each wavelan card should use (the value is
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saved in permanent storage for future use).
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<DT id="3"><B>name</B>
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<DD>
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Set the list of name to be used for each wavelan cards device (name
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used by
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+ifconfig">ifconfig</A></B>(8)).
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H3>Wireless extensions</H3>
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Use
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwconfig">iwconfig</A></B>(8)
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to manipulate wireless extensions.
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H3>NWID (or domain)</H3>
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Set the network ID
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[<I>0</I>
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to
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<I>FFFF</I>]
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or disable it
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[<I>off</I>].
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As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be
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reuse at any further invocation of the driver.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H3>Frequency & channels</H3>
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For the 2.4 GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by
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specifying one of the 10 defined channels
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(<I>2.412,</I>
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<I>2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462</I>
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or
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<I>2.484</I>)
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or directly by its value.
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The frequency is changed immediately and
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permanently.
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Frequency availability depends on the regulations...
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H3>Statistics spy</H3>
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Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last
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quality of link for each of those (see
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwspy">iwspy</A></B>(8)).
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H3>/proc/net/wireless</H3>
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<I>status</I>
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is the status reported by the modem.
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<I>Link quality</I>
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reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence
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spread spectrum) [max = 16].
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<I>Level</I>
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and
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<I>Noise</I>
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refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64].
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The
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<I>crypt discarded packet</I>
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and
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<I>misc discarded packet</I>
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counters are not implemented.
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<A NAME="lbAK"> </A>
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<H3>Private ioctl</H3>
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You may use
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwpriv">iwpriv</A></B>(8)
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to manipulate private ioctls.
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<H3>Quality and level threshold</H3>
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Enable you the define the quality and level threshold used by the
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modem (packet below that level are discarded).
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<A NAME="lbAM"> </A>
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<H3>Histogram</H3>
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This functionality makes it possible to set a number of
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signal level intervals and
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to count the number of packets received in each of those defined
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intervals.
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This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value
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and standard deviation of the signal level.
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<A NAME="lbAN"> </A>
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<H3>Specific notes</H3>
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This driver fails to detect some
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<B>non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent</B>
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Wavelan cards.
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If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on
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how to add your card to the detection routine.
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<P>
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Some of the mentioned features are optional.
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You may enable to disable
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them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile.
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<A NAME="lbAO"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?4+wavelan_cs">wavelan_cs</A></B>(4),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+ifconfig">ifconfig</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+insmod">insmod</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwconfig">iwconfig</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwpriv">iwpriv</A></B>(8),
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<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+iwspy">iwspy</A></B>(8)
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<A NAME="lbAP"> </A>
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
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<I>man-pages</I>
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project.
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A description of the project,
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information about reporting bugs,
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and the latest version of this page,
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can be found at
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<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<P>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DL>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">Parameters</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">Wireless extensions</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">NWID (or domain)</A><DD>
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<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">Frequency & channels</A><DD>
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<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">Statistics spy</A><DD>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAJ">/proc/net/wireless</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAK">Private ioctl</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAL">Quality and level threshold</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAM">Histogram</A><DD>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAN">Specific notes</A><DD>
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</DL>
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<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAO">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAP">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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</DL>
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