Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:14:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/55440: [PATCH] correction of wi(4) Message-ID: <200308101114.h7ABEFOG004277@korben.in.tern> Resent-Message-ID: <200308101120.h7ABKGtC043024@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 55440 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] correction of wi(4) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 10 04:20:16 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lukas Ertl >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Vienna University Computer Center >Environment: System: FreeBSD korben 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #24: Sat Aug 9 13:17:00 CEST 2003 le@korben:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KORBEN i386 >Description: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- wi.4.diff begins here --- Index: share/man/man4/wi.4 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/bsdcvs/src/share/man/man4/wi.4,v retrieving revision 1.51 diff -u -r1.51 wi.4 --- share/man/man4/wi.4 19 Jul 2003 06:19:43 -0000 1.51 +++ share/man/man4/wi.4 10 Aug 2003 11:04:50 -0000 @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Except for the Lucent WaveLAN Bronze cards, all cards supported by the .Nm driver support WEP for encryption. -To enable encryption, use the +To enable encryption, use .Xr ifconfig 8 as shown below. .Pp @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ .Dq "legacy Lucent ad-hoc mode" , predates the IEEE 802.11 specification and so may not interoperate with cards from different vendors. -The standardized point-to-point mode, is called IBSS (or confusingly +The standardized point-to-point mode is called IBSS (or confusingly just ad-hoc mode), but is not supported by cards with very old firmware revisions. If your cards supports IBSS mode, it is recommended that you use it in @@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ Wisecom Wireless LAN PCI Adapter .El .Pp -The following addapters have the same model numbers as those listed +The following adapters have the same model numbers as those listed above, but might not work if the actual card is after the change away -from the Prism family. +from the Prism family: +.Pp .Bl -item -compact .It DLink DWL520 @@ -293,7 +294,8 @@ Create a host-based access point with WEP enabled (Prism only): .Bd -literal -offset indent ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_ap \e - wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap + wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 media DS/11Mbps \e + mediaopt hostap .Ed .Pp Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only): @@ -309,14 +311,14 @@ .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "wi%d: init failed" -The WaveLAN card failed to come ready after an initialization command +The WaveLAN card failed to become 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. This can also be an indication of an incorrectly configured interrupt. .It "wi%d: device timeout" -The WaveLAN failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit +The WaveLAN card failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a transmit command. .El .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -374,7 +376,7 @@ .Pp Lucent cards prior to firmware version 6.0.6 do not support IBSS mode. -These cards support only the pre 802.11 mode known as +These cards support only the pre-802.11 mode known as .Dq "demo ad-hoc mode" which does not interoperate with stations in IBSS mode. .Pp --- wi.4.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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