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wavelan(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual wavelan(4)
wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver
insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=B,B..] [ irq=I,I..] [name=N,N..]
This driver is obsolete: it was removed in Linux 2.6.35.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 device name is
explicitly specified (see below). This device name will be
reported in the kernel 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 command
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 permanent storage for future use).
name Set the list of names to be used for each wavelan card
device (name used by ifconfig(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 Permanent 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. Frequency 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 modulation 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 or
disable them by changing flags in the driver header and
recompile.
wavelan_cs(4), ifconfig(8), insmod(8), iwconfig(8), iwpriv(8),
iwspy(8)
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