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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 96 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 index c86f881..a961539 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 @@ -40,26 +40,12 @@ .Nm .Ar iface .Nm -.Ar iface Cm name Ar name -.Nm -.Ar iface Cm sid Ar SID -.Nm .Ar iface Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 ) .Nm -.Ar iface Cm channel Ar channel -(depend on -.Ar country ) -.Nm -.Ar iface Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 ) -.Nm -.Ar iface Cm spread Ar spread Cm ( 354, 500, 1000, 2000 ) -.Nm -.Ar iface Cm bitrate Ar bitrate ( Cm 0-4) -.Nm -.Ar iface Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 ) -.Nm .Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest ) .Nm +.Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry +.Nm .Ar iface Cm stat .Nm .Ar iface Cm quality @@ -72,11 +58,6 @@ devices via the driver. Most of the parameters that can be changed are related to the Aironet protocol which the Aironet Arlan 655 card implements. -The parameters include -the station name, the station operation mode -.Ar (point to point or infrastructure) , -and the network name of a service -set to join. The .Nm utility can also be used to view the current NIC status, configuration @@ -97,71 +78,9 @@ The options are as follows: Display current settings of specified wireless interface. This retrieves current card settings from the driver and prints them out. -.It Ar iface Cm name Ar name -Set -.Ar Device Name . -This -parameter is used to establish a 15-byte ASCII name -for the Arlan 655 Client Card. -The -.Ar Device Name -is optional and may be left blank. -.Pp -If you choose to assign a name, while operating in -.Ar TMA -mode, the name will appear in the Arlan Access Point's Registration Table. -Duplicate names are allowed. -.It Ar iface Cm sid Ar SID -Set -.Ar System Identifier. -The System Identifier -.Ar (SID) -is a 4-byte, hexadecimal digit value that -is attached to each packet sent out over the radio. -Establishing a -.Ar SID -allows you to group nodes into a microcellular network and exclude -those nodes that are whiting radio range on other networks. -.Pp -The -.Ar SID -value must be an even number, cannot exceed ts and must start with -00 or 02. -Examples of valid SID values are: 00000102, 0200AA14, 00013A18, -007F6380. -The -.Ar default -SID is -.Cm 00000002 . -.Pp -Since nodes will only receive packets from other nodes with a matching SID, -you must make sure that the Arlan 655 Client Card is set the same SID as -other nodes on your network. -.It Ar iface Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 ) -Use -.Ar operating mode -parameter to specify whether you are operating in -.Ar TMA , Non-TMA -or -.Ar PSP -mode. -The -.Ar default -setting is -.Cm TMA -mode. -.Bl -column ".Em Mode" ".Em Regmode" -offset indent indent -.Em "Mode Registration mode" -.It 640 Ta TMA -.It 655 Ta Non-TMA -.It PSP Ta Power save mode -.El -.!!! .It Ar iface Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 ) -.It Ar iface Cm channel Ar channel -.It Ar iface Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 ) Chose -.Ar country , channel , freq +.Ar country , channel parameters that depend on the .Ar country according to the following table: @@ -181,17 +100,6 @@ according to the following table: .It "U.K. " Ta 15 Ta "2460" .It "Spain " Ta 15 Ta "2460" .El -.It Ar iface Cm bitrate Ar bitrate ( Cm 0-4) -.It Ar iface Cm spread Ar spread Cm ( 354, 500, 1000, 2000 ) -Set device operating bitrate or spread. -.Bl -column ".Em Rate" ".Em Spread" ".Em kb/s" -offset indent indent -.Em "Rate Spread kb/s" -.It 0 Ta - Ta Auto -.It 1 Ta 354 Ta 354 -.It 2 Ta 512 Ta 512 -.It 3 Ta 1000 Ta 1000 -.It 4 Ta 2000 Ta 2000 -.El .It Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest ) Use the .Ar priority @@ -207,6 +115,8 @@ to transmit at the same time. The percentage of units on your network that you set to values other than .Dq normal should be kept small - 10 percent or less. +.It Ar iface Cm txretry Ar txretry +Set transmit retries. Default is 0. .It Ar iface Cm stat Print internal Arlan 655 statistics block. .It Ar iface Cm quality @@ -219,7 +129,7 @@ Also the driver extracts values from ACK packets. .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal -offset indent -arlconfig arl0 name NODE1 sid 4 freq 2442 +arlconfig arl0 country 11 priority hight arlconfig arl0 quality arlconfig arl0 stat arlconfig arl0 |