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WAVELAN(4)                            Linux Programmer's Manual                           WAVELAN(4)



NAME
       wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

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

DESCRIPTION
       This driver is obsolete: it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35.

       wavelan  is  the  low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent WaveLAN ISA and Digital
       (DEC) RoamAbout DS wireless ethernet adapter.  This driver is available as a module or  might
       be  compiled  in the kernel.  This driver supports multiple cards in both forms (up to 4) and
       allocates the next available ethernet device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless  a  de‐
       vice name is explicitly specified (see below).  This device name will be reported in the ker‐
       nel log file with the MAC address, NWID and frequency used by the card.

   Parameters
       This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the  insmod(8)  command  line).
       If  the driver is included in the kernel, use the ether=IRQ,IO,NAME syntax on the kernel com‐
       mand line.

       io     Specify the list of base addresses where to search for wavelan cards (setting  by  dip
              switch  on the card).  If you don't specify any io address, the driver will scan 0x390
              and 0x3E0 addresses, which might conflict with other hardware...

       irq    Set the list of IRQs that each wavelan card should use (the value is saved  in  perma‐
              nent storage for future use).

       name   Set  the  list  of  names to be used for each wavelan card device (name used by ifcon����
              fig(8)).

   Wireless extensions
       Use iwconfig(8) to manipulate wireless extensions.

   NWID (or domain)
       Set the network ID [0 to FFFF] or disable it [off].  As the NWID is stored in the card Perma‐
       nent Storage Area, it will be reused at any further invocation of the driver.

   Frequency & channels
       For  the 2.4 GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by specifying one of the 10
       defined channels (2.412, 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462 or 2.484) or
       directly  as  a  numeric  value.  The frequency is changed immediately and permanently.  Fre‐
       quency availability depends on the regulations...

   Statistics spy
       Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last quality of link for each
       of those (see iwspy(8)).

   /proc/net/wireless
       status  is the status reported by the modem.  Link quality reports the quality of the modula‐
       tion on the air (direct sequence spread spectrum) [max = 16].  Level and Noise refer  to  the
       signal  level  and  noise  level  [max  = 64].  The crypt discarded packet and misc discarded
       packet counters are not implemented.

   Private ioctl
       You may use iwpriv(8) to manipulate private ioctls.

   Quality and level threshold
       Enables you to define the quality and level threshold used by the modem  (packet  below  that
       level are discarded).

   Histogram
       This  functionality  makes it possible to set a number of signal level intervals and to count
       the number of packets received in each of those defined intervals.  This  distribution  might
       be used to calculate the mean value and standard deviation of the signal level.

   Specific notes
       This driver fails to detect some non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent Wavelan cards.  If this happens for you,
       you must look in the source code on how to add your card to the detection routine.

       Some of the mentioned features are optional.  You may enable  to  disable  them  by  changing
       flags in the driver header and recompile.

SEE ALSO
       wavelan_cs(4), ifconfig(8), insmod(8), iwconfig(8), iwpriv(8), iwspy(8)

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