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authoronoe <onoe@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-26 13:26:16 +0000
committeronoe <onoe@FreeBSD.org>2001-06-26 13:26:16 +0000
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Delete the note from BUGS: "Doesn't support WEP".
minor updates from NetBSD.
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/awi.416
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/awi.4 b/share/man/man4/awi.4
index 2482b94..98eeff3 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/awi.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/awi.4
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
The
.Nm
driver supports various IEEE 802.11 wireless cards
-which run AMD PCnetMobile firmware based on AMD 79c930 controller.
+which run AMD PCnetMobile firmware based on AMD 79c930 controller
+with Intersil (formerly Harris) PRISM radio chipset.
It provides access to 32kb of memory shared between the controller
and the host.
All host/device interaction is via this shared memory, which can be
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ the coverage is limited spatially due to lack of roaming capability.
.Pp
In addition to these two mode in IEEE 802.11 specification, the
.Nm
-driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec, which makes
-possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
+driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards,
+which makes possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
.Xr wi 8
driver. The NWID doesn't affect in this mode.
.Pp
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ media types, while the FH cards support
media type. For each media type,
.Em adhoc
mediaopt can be used to indicate the driver to operate in adhoc mode.
-Also,
+For DS radio cards,
.Em adhoc , Ns Em flag0
mediaopt can be used for
.Xr wi 4
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ for information on how to increase the memory available to the PCMCIA
controller.
.It "awi0: failed to complete selftest (%s)"
The device failed to complete its self test.
-.It "awi0: synced with %s ssid %s at chanset %d"
+.It "awi0: synced with no-bssid at channel %d"
+The device is ready to relay traffic at specified channel.
+.It "awi0: synced with %s ssid %s at channel %d"
+The device has successfully synchronized with at least one of the
+identified stations and is ready to relay traffic.
.It "awi0: associated with %s ssid %s channel %d signal %d"
The device has successfully synchronized with the identified Access
Point and is ready to relay traffic.
@@ -121,7 +126,6 @@ The device failed to complete the request from the system.
.El
.Sh BUGS
.Pp
-Doesn't support WEP.
Doesn't create IBSS itself.
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
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