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| 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/an.4 56460 2000-01-23 15:04:20Z asmodai $ | 31.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/an.4 57676 2000-03-01 14:50:24Z sheldonh $ |
| 32.\" 33.Dd September 10, 1999 34.Dt AN 4 i386 35.Os FreeBSD 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm an 38.Nd 39Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Cd "device an" 42.Cd "device an0 at isa? port 0x140 irq 5" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46driver provides support for Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800 | 32.\" 33.Dd September 10, 1999 34.Dt AN 4 i386 35.Os FreeBSD 36.Sh NAME 37.Nm an 38.Nd 39Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41.Cd "device an" 42.Cd "device an0 at isa? port 0x140 irq 5" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The 45.Nm 46driver provides support for Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800 |
| 47wireless network adapters. This includes the ISA, PCI and PCMCIA 48varieties. The 4500 series adapters operate at 1 and 2Mbps while 49the 4800 series can operate at 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps. The ISA, PCI | 47wireless network adapters. 48This includes the ISA, PCI and PCMCIA 49varieties. 50The 4500 series adapters operate at 1 and 2Mbps while 51the 4800 series can operate at 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps. 52The ISA, PCI |
| 50and PCMCIA devices are all based on the same core PCMCIA modules 51and all have the same programming interface, however unlike the 52Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE cards, the ISA and PCI cards appear to the 53host as normal ISA and PCI devices and no not require any PCCARD 54support. 55.Pp 56The PCMCIA Aironet cards require pccard support, including the 57kernel pccard driver support and the 58.Xr pccardd 8 | 53and PCMCIA devices are all based on the same core PCMCIA modules 54and all have the same programming interface, however unlike the 55Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE cards, the ISA and PCI cards appear to the 56host as normal ISA and PCI devices and no not require any PCCARD 57support. 58.Pp 59The PCMCIA Aironet cards require pccard support, including the 60kernel pccard driver support and the 61.Xr pccardd 8 |
| 59daemon. ISA cards can either be configured to use ISA Plug and Play | 62daemon. 63ISA cards can either be configured to use ISA Plug and Play |
| 60or to use a particular I/O address and IRQ 61by properly setting the DIP switches on the board. (The default 62switch setting is for plug and play.) The 63.Nm 64driver has Plug and Play support and will work in either configuration, 65however when using a hard-wired I/O address and IRQ, the driver | 64or to use a particular I/O address and IRQ 65by properly setting the DIP switches on the board. (The default 66switch setting is for plug and play.) The 67.Nm 68driver has Plug and Play support and will work in either configuration, 69however when using a hard-wired I/O address and IRQ, the driver |
| 66configuration and the NIC's switch settings must agree. PCI cards | 70configuration and the NIC's switch settings must agree. 71PCI cards |
| 67require no switch settings of any kind and will be automatically 68probed and attached. 69.Pp 70All host/device interaction with the Aironet cards is via programmed I/O. 71The Aironet devices support 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, | 72require no switch settings of any kind and will be automatically 73probed and attached. 74.Pp 75All host/device interaction with the Aironet cards is via programmed I/O. 76The Aironet devices support 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, |
| 72BSS (infrastructure) and IBSS (ad-hoc) operation modes. The | 77BSS (infrastructure) and IBSS (ad-hoc) operation modes. 78The |
| 73.Nm 74driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however | 79.Nm 80driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however |
| 75it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. Transmit speed is | 81it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. 82Transmit speed is |
| 76selectable between 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps or 77"auto" (the NIC automatically chooses the best speed). 78.Pp 79By default, the 80.Nm 81driver configures the Aironet card for ad-hoc operation with an SSID 82of "ANY." In this mode, 83stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access | 83selectable between 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps or 84"auto" (the NIC automatically chooses the best speed). 85.Pp 86By default, the 87.Nm 88driver configures the Aironet card for ad-hoc operation with an SSID 89of "ANY." In this mode, 90stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access |
| 84point. To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using | 91point. 92To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using |
| 85the 86.Xr ancontrol 8 87utility. 88.Pp 89For more information on configuring this device, see 90.Xr ifconfig 8 91.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 92.Bl -diag --- 25 unchanged lines hidden --- | 93the 94.Xr ancontrol 8 95utility. 96.Pp 97For more information on configuring this device, see 98.Xr ifconfig 8 99.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 100.Bl -diag --- 25 unchanged lines hidden --- |