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WAVELAN(4)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		    WAVELAN(4)

NAME
       wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

SYNOPSIS
       insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=B,B..] [ irq=I,I..] [name=N,N..]

DESCRIPTION
       This  driver  is	 obsolete:  it	was removed from the kernel in version
       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  ker‐
       nel.   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  apply  to the module form (parameters passed on the ins‐
       mod(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 address 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 irq that each wavelan card should use (the value
	      is saved in permanent storage for future use).

       name   Set  the	list  of name to be used for each wavelan cards 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 reuse at any fur‐
       ther invocation of the driver.

   Frequency & channels
       For the 2.4GHz 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 by  its	value.
       The frequency is changed immediately and permanently.  Frequency avail‐
       ability 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 coun‐
       ters are not implemented.

   Private ioctl
       You may use iwpriv(8) to manipulate private ioctls.

   Quality and level threshold
       Enable you the 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  will  fail	 to  detect  some non-NCR/ATT&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 to disable
       them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile.

SEE ALSO
       wavelan_cs(4), ifconfig(8), insmod(8), iwconfig(8), iwpriv(8), iwspy(8)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.54 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux				  2013-09-04			    WAVELAN(4)
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