-.\" $OpenBSD: ancontrol.8,v 1.1 2000/04/03 01:08:09 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ancontrol.8,v 1.2 2000/04/03 02:28:34 aaron Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu> All rights reserved.
.\"
.Dd September 10, 1999
.Dt ANCONTROL 8
-.Os FreeBSD 3.0
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ancontrol
.Nd configure Aironet 4500/4800 devices
the station name, whether the station is operating in ad-hoc (point
to point) or infrastructure mode, and the network name of a service
set to join.
-The
.Nm
-command can also be used to view the current NIC status, configuration
+can also be used to view the current NIC status, configuration
and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters.
.Pp
The
argument given to
.Nm
should be the logical interface name associated with the Aironet
-device (an0, an1, etc...).
-.Sh OPTIONS
+device (e.g., an0, an1, etc...).
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl A
-Display the prefered access point list.
+Display the preferred access point list.
The AP list can be used by
stations to specify the MAC address of access points with which it
wishes to associate.
option.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl N
Display the SSID list.
-This is a list of service set IDs (i.e. network names)
+This is a list of service set IDs (i.e., network names)
with which the station wishes to associate.
There may be up to three SSIDs
in the list: the station will go through the list in ascending order and
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl S
Display NIC status information.
This includes the current operating
-status, current BSSID, SSID, channel, beacon period and currently
+status, current BSSID, SSID, channel, beacon period, and currently
associated access point.
The operating mode indicates the state of
the NIC, MAC status and receiver status.
-When the "synced" keyword
-appears, it means the NIC has successfully associated with an access
-point, associated with an ad-hoc "master" station, or become a "master"
+When the
+.Dq synced
+keyword appears, it means the NIC has successfully associated with an access
+point, associated with an ad-hoc
+.Dq master
+station, or become a
+.Dq master
itself.
The beacon period can be anything between 20 and 976 milliseconds.
The default is 100.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl I
Display NIC capability information.
This shows the device type,
-frequency, speed and power level capablities and firmware revision levels.
+frequency, speed, and power level capablities and firmware revision levels.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl T
Display the NIC's internal statistics counters.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl C
Display current NIC configuration.
This shows the current operation mode,
receive mode, MAC address, power save settings, various timing settings,
-channel selection, diversity, transmit power and transmit speed.
+channel selection, diversity, transmit power, and transmit speed.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl t Ar 0|1|2|3|4
Select transmit speed.
The available settings are as follows:
Note that for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode, only PSP mode is supported, and only
if the ATIM window is non-zero.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl a Ar AP "[-v 1|2|3|4]"
-Set prefered access point.
+Set preferred access point.
The
.Ar AP
is specified as a MAC address consisting of 6 hexadecimal values
.Ar station name
can be any text string up to 16 characters in length.
The default name
-is set by the driver to "FreeBSD."
+is set by the driver to
+.Qq OpenBSD .
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl m Ar mac address
Set the station address for the specified interface.
The
This programs the new address into the card
and updates the interface as well.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl n Ar SSID "[-v 1|2|3]"
-Set the desired SSID (network name). There are three SSIDs which allows
+Set the desired SSID (network name).
+There are three SSIDs which allows
the NIC to work with access points at several locations without needing
to be reconfigured.
The NIC checks each SSID in sequence when searching
device capabilities with the
.Fl I
flag.
-Typical values are 1, 5, 20, 50 and 100mW.
+Typical values are 1, 5, 20, 50, and 100mW.
Selecting 0 sets
the factory default.
.It Fl i Ar iface Fl c Ar channel
list of available frequencies is dependent on radio regulations specified
by regional authorities.
Recognized regulatory authorities include
-the FCC (United States), ETSI (Europe), France and Japan.
+the FCC (United States), ETSI (Europe), France, and Japan.
Frequencies
in the table are specified in Mhz.
.Bd -filled -offset indent
If an illegal channel is specified, the
NIC will revert to its default channel.
For NICs sold in the United States
-and Europe, the default channel is 3. For NICs sold in France, the default
-channel is 11.
+and Europe, the default channel is 3.
+For NICs sold in France, the default channel is 11.
For NICs sold in Japan, the only available channel is 14.
Note that two stations must be set to the same channel in order to
communicate.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr an 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+command was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu> and ported to
+.Ox
+by Michael Shalayeff <mickey@openbsd.org> .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
-.Fx 3.0 .
+.Fx 3.0
+and
+.Ox 2.7 .
.Sh BUGS
The statistics counters do not seem to show the amount of transmit
and received frames as increasing.
the
.Xr an 4
driver uses unmodified packet mode instead of letting the NIC perform
-802.11/ethernet encapsulation itself.
+802.11/Ethernet encapsulation itself.
.Pp
Setting the channel does not seem to have any effect.
-.Sh AUTHOR
-The
-.Nm
-command was written by
-.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ee.columbia.edu .
+.\" $OpenBSD: an.4,v 1.2 2000/04/03 02:28:35 aaron Exp $
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
.\"
.Nm
driver provides support for Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800
wireless network adapters.
-This includes the ISA, PCI and PCMCIA
-varieties.
+This includes the ISA, PCI, and PCMCIA varieties.
The 4500 series adapters operate at 1 and 2Mbps while
-the 4800 series can operate at 1, 2, 5.5 and 11Mbps.
-The ISA, PCI
+the 4800 series can operate at 1, 2, 5.5, and 11Mbps.
+The ISA, PCI,
and PCMCIA devices are all based on the same core PCMCIA modules
-and all have the same programming interface, however unlike the
+and all have the same programming interface.
+However, unlike the
Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE cards, the ISA and PCI cards appear to the
-host as normal ISA and PCI devices and no not require any PCCARD
+host as normal ISA and PCI devices and do not require any PC Card
support.
.Pp
-The PCMCIA Aironet cards require pccard support, including the
-kernel pccard driver support and the
-.Xr pccardd 8
-daemon.
ISA cards can either be configured to use ISA Plug and Play
or to use a particular I/O address and IRQ
by properly setting the DIP switches on the board.
-(The default
-switch setting is for plug and play.)
+(The default switch setting is for plug and play.)
The
.Nm
driver has Plug and Play support and will work in either configuration,
.Pp
All host/device interaction with the Aironet cards is via programmed I/O.
The Aironet devices support 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management,
-BSS (infrastructure) and IBSS (ad-hoc) operation modes.
+BSS (infrastructure), and IBSS (ad-hoc) operation modes.
The
.Nm
-driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however
+driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however,
it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames.
Transmit speed is
selectable between 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps or
utility.
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
-.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "an%d: init failed"
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx 4.0 .
-.Sh AUTHOR
+.Ox
+support was added in
+.Ox 2.7 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
-driver was written by
-.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ee.columbia.edu .
+driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu> and ported to
+.Ox
+by Michael Shalayeff <mickey@openbsd.org>.
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