4.Os
5.Dt WLCONFIG 8
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm wlconfig
8.Nd read/write wavelan config parameters
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Nm
11.Ar ifname
12.Op Ar param value ...
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14The
15.Nm
16command can be used to read and set parameters for the NCR/AT&T Wavelan
17radio LAN card. Various parameters stored in the nonvolatile Parameter
18Storage Area (PSA) on the card can be modified with this program, which
19obviates the need for the DOS-based
20.Nm instconf.exe
21program. It can also be used to interrogate the optional signal
22strength cache which may have been compiled into the driver.
23.Pp
24The
25.Ar ifname
26parameter specifies the wavelan interface name (eg.
27.Pa wl0
28). If no other arguments are supplied, the current contents of the PSA
29are interpreted and displayed.
30.Pp
31The
32.Ar param
33and
34.Ar value
35arguments can be used to change the value of several parameters.
36Any number of
37.Ar param value
38pairs may be supplied.
39.Bl -tag -width 15n -compat -offset indent
40.It Va param
41.Va value
42.It irq
43IRQ value (used at next reset), may be one of 3,4,5,6,10,11,12,15.
44.It mac
45Local MAC value (ethernet address).
46.It macsel
47.Sq soft
48(as set by the
49.Sq mac
50parameter) or
51.Sq default
52(as set at the factory).
53.It nwid
54The NWID is a 2-byte parameter passed to the card's radio modem.
55NWIDs allow multiple logically discrete networks to operate
56independantly whilse occupying the same airspace.
57Packets with a different NWID are simply ignored by the modem.
58In the hardware, NWIDs are stored long-term in non-volative memory
59(called the PSA or programmable storage area), and are loaded by
60software into the radio modem when the driver is
61initialized. This sets the default NWID loaded at startup.
62.It currnwid
63This sets the current operating NWID (but does not save it to the
64PSA).
65.It cache
66The driver may maintain a per interface fixed size cache of signal strength,
67silence, and quality levels, which are indexed by sender MAC addresses.
68Input packets are stored in the cache, and when received, the values
69stored in the radio modem are interrogated and stored.
70There are also two sysctl values (iponly and multicast only) which
71can be used for filtering out some input packets. By default, the
72cache mechanism stores only non-unicast IP packets, but this can
73be changed with
74.Xr sysctl 8 .
75Each non-filtered
76input packet causes a cache update, hence one can monitor
77the antennae signal strength to a remote system.
78There are three commands that can be given as values:
79.Sq raw ,
80which prints out the raw signal strength data as found in the radio
81modem hardware value,
82.Sq scale ,
83which scales the raw hardware values to 0..100%, and
84.Sq zero
85which clears out the cache in case you want to store new samples.
86.El
87.Pp
88Note that if the IRQ on the Wavelan card is incorrect, the interface
89will be configured, but will not function. The
90.Nm
91program should then be used to reconfigure the card to a sensible
92value.
93.Sh EXAMPLES
94Set the NWID to 0x1234 :
95.Bd -literal -offset
96# wlconfig wl0 nwid 0x1234
97.Ed
98.Pp
99Show the current settings :
100.Bd -literal -offset
101# wlconfig wl0
102Board type : ISA
103Base address options : 0x300, 0x390, 0x3c0, 0x3e0
104Waitstates : 0
105Bus mode : ISA
106IRQ : 10
107Default MAC address : 08:00:0e:20:3d:4b
108Soft MAC address : 00:00:00:00:00:00
109Current MAC address : Default
110Adapter compatibility : PC-AT 2.4GHz
111Threshold preset : 1
112Call code required : NO
113Subband : 2425MHz
114Quality threshold : 3
115Hardware version : 0 (Rel1/Rel2)
116Network ID enable : YES
117NWID : 0xdead
118Datalink security : NO
119Databus width : 16 (variable)
120Configuration state : unconfigured
121CRC-16 : 0x3c26
122CRC status : OK
123.Pp
124Print a scaled version of the signal strength cache :
125.Bd -literal -offset
126# wlconfig wl0 cache scale
127.Ed
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr wl 4 ,
130.Xr sysctl 8
131.Sh HISTORY
132This implementation of the
133.Nm
134command is completely new, written for Hilink Internet by
135.An Michael Smith ,
136and updated by
137.An Jim Binkley &c .
| 4.Os
5.Dt WLCONFIG 8
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm wlconfig
8.Nd read/write wavelan config parameters
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Nm
11.Ar ifname
12.Op Ar param value ...
13.Sh DESCRIPTION
14The
15.Nm
16command can be used to read and set parameters for the NCR/AT&T Wavelan
17radio LAN card. Various parameters stored in the nonvolatile Parameter
18Storage Area (PSA) on the card can be modified with this program, which
19obviates the need for the DOS-based
20.Nm instconf.exe
21program. It can also be used to interrogate the optional signal
22strength cache which may have been compiled into the driver.
23.Pp
24The
25.Ar ifname
26parameter specifies the wavelan interface name (eg.
27.Pa wl0
28). If no other arguments are supplied, the current contents of the PSA
29are interpreted and displayed.
30.Pp
31The
32.Ar param
33and
34.Ar value
35arguments can be used to change the value of several parameters.
36Any number of
37.Ar param value
38pairs may be supplied.
39.Bl -tag -width 15n -compat -offset indent
40.It Va param
41.Va value
42.It irq
43IRQ value (used at next reset), may be one of 3,4,5,6,10,11,12,15.
44.It mac
45Local MAC value (ethernet address).
46.It macsel
47.Sq soft
48(as set by the
49.Sq mac
50parameter) or
51.Sq default
52(as set at the factory).
53.It nwid
54The NWID is a 2-byte parameter passed to the card's radio modem.
55NWIDs allow multiple logically discrete networks to operate
56independantly whilse occupying the same airspace.
57Packets with a different NWID are simply ignored by the modem.
58In the hardware, NWIDs are stored long-term in non-volative memory
59(called the PSA or programmable storage area), and are loaded by
60software into the radio modem when the driver is
61initialized. This sets the default NWID loaded at startup.
62.It currnwid
63This sets the current operating NWID (but does not save it to the
64PSA).
65.It cache
66The driver may maintain a per interface fixed size cache of signal strength,
67silence, and quality levels, which are indexed by sender MAC addresses.
68Input packets are stored in the cache, and when received, the values
69stored in the radio modem are interrogated and stored.
70There are also two sysctl values (iponly and multicast only) which
71can be used for filtering out some input packets. By default, the
72cache mechanism stores only non-unicast IP packets, but this can
73be changed with
74.Xr sysctl 8 .
75Each non-filtered
76input packet causes a cache update, hence one can monitor
77the antennae signal strength to a remote system.
78There are three commands that can be given as values:
79.Sq raw ,
80which prints out the raw signal strength data as found in the radio
81modem hardware value,
82.Sq scale ,
83which scales the raw hardware values to 0..100%, and
84.Sq zero
85which clears out the cache in case you want to store new samples.
86.El
87.Pp
88Note that if the IRQ on the Wavelan card is incorrect, the interface
89will be configured, but will not function. The
90.Nm
91program should then be used to reconfigure the card to a sensible
92value.
93.Sh EXAMPLES
94Set the NWID to 0x1234 :
95.Bd -literal -offset
96# wlconfig wl0 nwid 0x1234
97.Ed
98.Pp
99Show the current settings :
100.Bd -literal -offset
101# wlconfig wl0
102Board type : ISA
103Base address options : 0x300, 0x390, 0x3c0, 0x3e0
104Waitstates : 0
105Bus mode : ISA
106IRQ : 10
107Default MAC address : 08:00:0e:20:3d:4b
108Soft MAC address : 00:00:00:00:00:00
109Current MAC address : Default
110Adapter compatibility : PC-AT 2.4GHz
111Threshold preset : 1
112Call code required : NO
113Subband : 2425MHz
114Quality threshold : 3
115Hardware version : 0 (Rel1/Rel2)
116Network ID enable : YES
117NWID : 0xdead
118Datalink security : NO
119Databus width : 16 (variable)
120Configuration state : unconfigured
121CRC-16 : 0x3c26
122CRC status : OK
123.Pp
124Print a scaled version of the signal strength cache :
125.Bd -literal -offset
126# wlconfig wl0 cache scale
127.Ed
128.Sh SEE ALSO
129.Xr wl 4 ,
130.Xr sysctl 8
131.Sh HISTORY
132This implementation of the
133.Nm
134command is completely new, written for Hilink Internet by
135.An Michael Smith ,
136and updated by
137.An Jim Binkley &c .
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