# wavelan(4) - man - phpMan [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)] ## COLOPHON This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux _man-pages_ project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at . ## Linux 2017-09-15 [WAVELAN(4)]