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--- 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
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