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diff --git a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1523bbb --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 @@ -0,0 +1,236 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu> All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF +.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd August 25,2003 +.Dt ARLCONTROL 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm arlconfig +.Nd configure Aironet Arlan 655 device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.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 stat +.Nm +.Ar iface Cm quality Ar seconds [ Cm count Ar <count> ] +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility controls the operation of Aironet Arlan 655 wireless networking +devices via the +.Xr arl 4 +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 +and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters. +.Pp +The +.Ar iface +argument given to +.Nm +should be the logical interface name associated with the Aironet Arlan 655 +device +.Li ( arl0 , arl1 , +etc.) and must be specified. +.Sh OPTIONS +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It 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 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 microcelluar 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 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 Cm country Ar country ( Cm 9-15 ) +.It Cm channel Ar channel +.It Cm freq Ar freq ( Cm 2412, 2427, 2442, 2457, 2465 ) +Chose +.Ar country , channel , freq + parameters that depend on the +.Ar contry +according to the following table: +.Bl -column ".Em Country" ".Em Channel" ".Em MHz" -offset indent indent +.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.K.(MPT1349)" Ta 15 Ta "2460" +.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 ) +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 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 +the values are +.Cm normal , high +or +.Cm higest . +The higher the priority set, the more likely this unit wil be 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 other than +.Dq normal +should be kept small - 10 percent or less. +.It 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. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bd -literal -offset indent +alrlconfig arl0 name NODE1 sid 4 freq 2442 +arlconfig arl0 quality 10 seconds +arlconfig arl0 status +.Pp +You can configure Arlan 655 card from /etc/start_if.arl0. For example: +.Pp +#!/bin/sh +/sbin/arlconfig arl0 sid 0x000002 freq 2412 spread 2000 mode 640 +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arl 4 , +.Xr "Arlan 655 ISA Wireless LAN Client Card User Guide" . +.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 +country codes other than 9. +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.Aq ran@styx.aic.net . +Manpage was written by +.An Yuri Kurenkov Aq y.kurenkov@init.ru . |
