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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8')
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 index 09b9771..7858b12 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 25, 2003 +.Dd March 15, 2004 .Dt ARLCONFIG 8 i386 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ .Nd configure Aironet Arlan 655 device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Ar iface +.Nm .Ar iface Cm name Ar name .Nm .Ar iface Cm sid Ar SID @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ .Nm .Ar iface Cm stat .Nm -.Ar iface Cm quality Ar seconds [ Cm count Ar <count> ] +.Ar iface Cm quality .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -91,7 +93,11 @@ etc.) and must be specified. .Sh OPTIONS The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent -.It Cm name Ar name +.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 name Ar name Set .Ar Device Name . This @@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ 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 Cm sid Ar SID +.It Ar iface Cm sid Ar SID Set .Ar System Identifier. The System Identifier @@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ SID is 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 Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 ) +.It Ar iface Cm mode Ar mode ( Cm 640 | 655 ) Use .Ar operating mode parameter to specify whether you are operating in @@ -146,9 +152,9 @@ mode. .It PSP Ta Power save mode .El .!!! -.It Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 ) -.It Cm channel Ar channel -.It Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 ) +.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 parameters that depend on the @@ -170,8 +176,8 @@ according to the following table: .It "U.K. " Ta 15 Ta "2460" .It "Spain " Ta 15 Ta "2460" .El -.It Cm bitrate Ar bitrate ( Cm 0-4) -.It Cm spread Ar spread Cm ( 354, 500, 1000, 2000 ) +.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" @@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ Set device operating bitrate or spread. .It 3 Ta 1000 Ta 1000 .It 4 Ta 2000 Ta 2000 .El -.It Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest ) +.It Ar iface Cm priority Ar priority ( Cm normal, high, highest ) Use the .Ar priority parameter to set the priority of the Atlan 655 Radio Media Access Control @@ -196,21 +202,19 @@ to transmit at the same time. The percentage of units on your network that you set to other than .Dq normal should be kept small - 10 percent or less. -.It Cm stat +.It Ar iface Cm stat Print internal Arlan 655 statistics block. -.It Cm quality Ar seconds [ Cm count Ar <count> ] -Perform link quality test during -.Ar seconds -transmitting -.Ar count -packets. -Currently is broken. +.It Ar iface Cm quality +Display the cached signal level and quality mantained by the +.Xr arl 4 +driver . The driver retains information about quality and level for packets received from different hosts. Also driver extract values from ACK packets. .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal -offset indent -alrlconfig arl0 name NODE1 sid 4 freq 2442 -arlconfig arl0 quality 10 seconds -arlconfig arl0 status +arlconfig arl0 name NODE1 sid 4 freq 2442 +arlconfig arl0 quality +arlconfig arl0 stat +arlconfig arl0 .Pp You can configure Arlan 655 card from /etc/start_if.arl0. For example: .Pp |
