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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/arlcontrol')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 | 91 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/arlcontrol/arlcontrol.8 index 09eb5b1..54698a3 100644 --- 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 . |