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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/wi.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/wi.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/wi.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..88b03fc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/wi.4 @@ -0,0 +1,255 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: wi.4,v 1.42 2016/06/02 08:11:23 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 +.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Bill Paul. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Bill Paul AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. 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. +.\" +.\" $Id: wi.4,v 1.42 2016/06/02 08:11:23 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 2, 2016 +.Dt WI 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm wi +.Nd +WaveLAN/IEEE and PRISM-II 802.11 wireless network driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "wi* at pcmcia? function ?" +.Cd "wi* at pci? dev ? function ?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE PCCARD adapters +(also known as WaveLAN II cards) and various PCI/MiniPCI/PCCARD adapters which use +Intersil PRISM-II and PRISM-2.5 chipsets. +Note that while Lucent sells both ISA and PCMCIA WaveLAN/IEEE devices, +the ISA product is actually a PCMCIA card in an ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapter. +Consequently, the +.Nm +driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs. +Also note that some of the PRISM-II adapters works only at 3.3V, hence +.Xr cardbus 4 +support is required for those cards to set VCC correctly, +even though they are 16-bit cards. +.Pp +The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller. +All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes. +The Hermes supports 802.11 and 802.3 frames, power management, BSS, WDS +and ad-hoc operation modes. +The Silver and the Gold cards of the +WaveLAN/IEEE also support WEP. +Unlike the other IEEE 802.11 network cards, the WaveLAN Gold cards +accept 104 bits key (13 characters) for WEP encryption. +The Intersil PRISM-II controller supports WEP as well. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver encapsulates all traffic as 802.11 frames, however +it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. +Transmit speed is selectable between 1Mbps fixed, +2Mbps fixed or 2Mbps with auto fallback. +For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters, speeds up to 6Mbps are available. +For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps adapters and PRISM-II adapters, speeds up to +11Mbps are available. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports configuration of Lucent cards for special ad-hoc operation. +In this mode, the nwid is ignored and stations can communicate among each +other without the aid of an access point. +Note that this mode is specific +to Lucent chips, and not in the IEEE 802.11 specification. +Due to changes +in the implementation of this special ad-hoc mode, Lucent-based cards with +different firmware revisions may not interoperate in this mode. +This mode is no longer the default and must be selected using the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Pq media option Dq adhoc,flag0 +utility. +.Pp +Recent versions of Lucent and PRISM-II firmware support IBSS creation. +IBSS is the standard IEEE 802.11 ad-hoc mode. +In this mode, the nwid should be specified. +At least one node must be able to create IBSS. +The IBSS mode is enabled by +.Dq adhoc +or +.Dq ibss +media option. +IBSS creation is automatically enabled if supported. +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver defaults to infrastructure mode (i.e., using an access point). +.Pp +Recent versions of PRISM-II firmware support operating as an 802.11 +Access Point. +In this mode, the Access Point station should set the nwid. +This will create a standard 802.11 network, and the Access Point +station will show up in an Access Point scan. +This mode is enabled using the +.Dq hostap +media option. +.Pp +For more information on configuring this device, see +.Xr ifconfig 8 +and +.Xr ifmedia 4 . +.Sh HARDWARE +Cards supported by the +.Nm +driver include: +.Pp +.Bl -item -offset indent -compact +.It +3Com AirConnect 3CRWE737A +.It +3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A +.It +Alvarion BreezeNET +.It +Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 2.0Mb Bronze +.It +Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE 2.0Mb Silver +.It +Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo +.It +Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11Mbps +.It +Melco AIR CONNECT WLI-PCM-L11, WLI-PCM-L11G +.It +Melco AIR CONNECT WLI-CF-S11G +.It +Compaq WL100 11Mbps Wireless +.It +Corega Wireless LAN PCC-11, PCCA_11, PCCB_11 +.It +DEC/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS High Rate +.It +D-Link DWL-520 11Mbps PCI Card, Revs. A1,A2,B1,B2 +.It +D-Link DWL-520 11Mbps PCI Card, Rev. C1 +.Em not supported , +see +.Xr atw 4 +.It +D-Link DWL-520 11Mbps PCI Card, Rev. D +.Em not supported , +see +.Xr rtw 4 +.It +D-Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card +.It +D-Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card, Rev. P +.Em not supported +(Prism 3 chipset) +.It +D-Link DCF-650W CF Card +.It +ELECOM Air@Hawk LD-WL11 +.It +ELSA AirLancer MC-11 +.It +Ericsson Wireless LAN +.It +Farallon Skyline 11Mbps Wireless +.It +Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN PC Card +.It +ICOM SL-1100 +.It +IO-DATA WN-B11/PCM +.It +Intersil PRISM Mini-PCI +.It +Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card, CF Card +.It +Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network WMP11 PCI Card +.It +Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network WMP11v4 PCI Card +.Em not supported +.It +NCR WaveLAN/IEEE +.It +NEC Wireless Card CMZ-RT-WP, PK-WL001, PC-WL/11C +.It +PLANEX GeoWave/GW-NS110 +.It +Symbol Spectrum24 Wireless Networker PC Card, CF Card +.It +TDK LAK-CD011WL +.It +SMC EZ Connect 11M Wireless CF Card SMC2642W +.It +SMC EliteConnect Wireless Adapter PC Card SMC2531W-B +.It +Z-Com XI-626 PCI Card +.El +.Pp +The original PRISM-I chipset is supported by the +.Xr awi 4 +driver. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It "wi%d: init failed" +The WaveLAN failed to come ready after an initialization command was +issued. +.It "wi%d: failed to allocate %d bytes on NIC" +The driver was unable to allocate memory for transmit frames in the +NIC's on-board RAM. +.It "wi%d: device timeout" +The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit +command. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr ifmedia 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr pcmcia 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr wiconfig 8 +.Rs +.%T HCF Light programming specification +.%U http://www.wavelan.com +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Nx 1.5 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Bill Paul Aq Mt wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu . +.Sh BUGS +The execution of +.Xr wiconfig 8 +while the interface is down can produce some error messages. |
