From 7a7827eede65364f3d5809adb075f41a6e5814b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mickey Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 01:03:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] an(4), it figures --- share/man/man4/an.4 | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 128 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man4/an.4 diff --git a/share/man/man4/an.4 b/share/man/man4/an.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7e0bb83b83e --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/an.4 @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 +.\" Bill Paul . All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/an.4,v 1.5 2000/03/02 14:53:45 sheldonh Exp $ +.\" +.Dd September 10, 1999 +.Dt AN 4 i386 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm an +.Nd +Aironet Communications 4500/4800 wireless network adapter driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "device an" +.Cd "device an0 at isa? port 0x140 irq 5" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Aironet Communications 4500 and 4800 +wireless network adapters. +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 +and PCMCIA devices are all based on the same core PCMCIA modules +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 +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 +.Nm +driver has Plug and Play support and will work in either configuration, +however when using a hard-wired I/O address and IRQ, the driver +configuration and the NIC's switch settings must agree. +PCI cards +require no switch settings of any kind and will be automatically +probed and attached. +.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. +The +.Nm +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 +"auto" (the NIC automatically chooses the best speed). +.Pp +By default, the +.Nm +driver configures the Aironet card for ad-hoc operation with an SSID +of "ANY." +In this mode, +stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access +point. +To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using +the +.Xr ancontrol 8 +utility. +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "an%d: init failed" +The Aironet card failed to come ready after an initialization command was +issued. +.It "an%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC" +The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the +NIC's on-board RAM. +.It "an%d: device timeout" +The Aironet card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit +command. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr ancontrol 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 4.0 . +.Sh AUTHOR +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ee.columbia.edu . -- 2.20.1