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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-13 18:03:44 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-13 18:03:44 +0000
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8
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--- a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 15, 2004
-.Dt ARLCONFIG 8 i386
+.Dt ARLCONTROL 8 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm arlcontrol
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
.Nm
.Ar iface
.Nm
-.Ar iface Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 )
+.Ar iface Cm country Ar country Pq Cm 9 Ns - Ns Cm 15
.Nm
-.Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest )
+.Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority Pq Cm normal , high , highest
.Nm
.Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry
.Nm
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Most of the parameters that can be changed are related to the
Aironet protocol which the Aironet Arlan 655 card implements.
The
.Nm
-utility can also be used to view the current NIC status, configuration
+utility 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
@@ -75,48 +75,49 @@ etc.) and must be specified.
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Ar iface
-Display current settings of specified wireless interface.
-This retrieves current card settings from the driver and prints
-them out.
-.It Ar iface Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 )
-Chose
+Display current settings of the specified wireless interface.
+This retrieves current card settings from the driver and prints
+them out.
+.It Ar iface Cm country Ar country Pq Cm 9 Ns - Ns Cm 15
+Chose
.Ar country , channel
- parameters that depend on the
-.Ar country
+parameters that depend on the
+.Ar country
according to the following table:
-.Bl -column ".Em Country" ".Em Channel" ".Em MHz" -offset indent indent
-.Em "Country Ch_Set MHz"
+.Bl -column ".No North America" ".Em Channel" ".Em MHz"
+.Em "Country Ch_Set MHz"
.It "North America" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
-.It "U.S.A " Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
-.It "Canada " Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
-.It "Mexico " Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
-.IT "New Zealand " Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
-.It "E.T.S.I " Ta 10 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2472"
-.It "Japan " Ta 11 Ta "2484"
-.It "France " Ta 12 Ta "2457, 2465, 2475"
-.It "Australia " Ta 13 Ta "2411, 2425, 2439"
-.It "Germany " Ta 14 Ta "2427, 2442, 2457"
+.It "U.S.A" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
+.It "Canada" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
+.It "Mexico" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
+.It "New Zealand" Ta 9 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465"
+.It "E.T.S.I" Ta 10 Ta "2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2472"
+.It "Japan" Ta 11 Ta "2484"
+.It "France" Ta 12 Ta "2457, 2465, 2475"
+.It "Australia" Ta 13 Ta "2411, 2425, 2439"
+.It "Germany" Ta 14 Ta "2427, 2442, 2457"
.It "U.K.(MPT1349)" Ta 15 Ta "2460"
-.It "U.K. " Ta 15 Ta "2460"
-.It "Spain " Ta 15 Ta "2460"
+.It "U.K." Ta 15 Ta "2460"
+.It "Spain" Ta 15 Ta "2460"
.El
-.It Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest )
+.It Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority Pq Cm normal , high , highest
Use the
.Ar priority
-parameter to set the priority of the Arlan 655 Radio Media Access Control
-the values are
+parameter to set the priority of the Arlan 655 Radio Media Access Control
+the values are
.Cm normal , high
or
.Cm highest .
-The higher the priority set, the more likely this unit will be first
-to successfully transmit a packet when multiple units are trying
+The higher the priority is set, the more likely this unit will be the first
+to successfully transmit a packet when multiple units are trying
to transmit at the same time.
.Pp
The percentage of units on your network that you set to values other than
-.Dq normal
-should be kept small - 10 percent or less.
+.Cm normal
+should be kept small - 10 percent or less.
.It Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry
-Set transmit retries. Default is 0.
+Set transmit retries.
+Default is 0.
.It Ar iface Cm stat
Print internal Arlan 655 statistics block.
.It Ar iface Cm quality
@@ -129,31 +130,37 @@ Also the driver extracts values from ACK packets.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-arlcontrol arl0 country 11 priority high
-arlcontrol arl0 quality
+arlcontrol arl0 country 11 priority high
+arlcontrol arl0 quality
arlcontrol arl0 stat
arlcontrol arl0
+.Ed
.Pp
-You can configure the Arlan 655 card from /etc/start_if.arl0.
-For example:
-.Pp
+You can configure the Arlan 655 card from
+.Pa /etc/start_if.arl0 .
+For example:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/arlcontrol country 9 priority highest
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr arl 4 ,
-.Xr "Arlan 655 ISA Wireless LAN Client Card User Guide" .
+.Xr arl 4
+.Rs
+.%T "Arlan 655 ISA Wireless LAN Client Card User Guide"
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Fx 5.3 .
.Sh BUGS
-Aironet Arlan 640 bridges and Arlan 630 access points don't understand
+Aironet Arlan 640 bridges and Arlan 630 access points do not understand
country codes other than 9.
.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.Aq ran@styx.aic.net .
-This manpage was written by
-.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru .
+This manpage was written by
+.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru .
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