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WAVELAN(4)                                                              Linux Programmer's Manual                                                             WAVELAN(4)

NAME
       wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

SYNOPSIS
       insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=B,B..] [ irq=I,I..] [name=N,N..]

DESCRIPTION
       This driver is obsolete: it was removed from the kernel in version 2.6.35.

       wavelan  is  the low-level device driver for the NCR / AT&T / Lucent WaveLAN ISA and Digital (DEC) RoamAbout DS wireless ethernet adapter.  This driver is avail‐
       able as a module or might be compiled in the kernel.  This driver supports multiple cards in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available  ethernet  de‐
       vice  (eth0..eth#)  for each card found, unless a device name is explicitly specified (see below).  This device name will be reported in the kernel log file with
       the MAC address, NWID, and frequency used by the card.

   Parameters
       This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the insmod(8) command line).  If the driver is included in the kernel,  use  the  ether=IRQ,IO,NAME
       syntax on the kernel command line.

       io     Specify the list of base addresses where to search for wavelan cards (setting by dip switch on the card).  If you don't specify any io address, the driver
              will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which might conflict with other hardware...

       irq    Set the list of IRQs that each wavelan card should use (the value is saved in permanent storage for future use).

       name   Set the list of names to be used for each wavelan card device (name used by ifconfig(8)).

   Wireless extensions
       Use iwconfig(8) to manipulate wireless extensions.

   NWID (or domain)
       Set the network ID [0 to FFFF] or disable it [off].  As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent Storage Area, it will be reused at any further invocation of the
       driver.

   Frequency & channels
       For  the 2.4 GHz 2.00 Hardware, you are able to set the frequency by specifying one of the 10 defined channels (2.412, 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452,
       2.460, 2.462 or 2.484) or directly as a numeric value.  The frequency is changed immediately and permanently.  Frequency  availability  depends  on  the  regula‐
       tions...

   Statistics spy
       Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last quality of link for each of those (see iwspy(8)).

   /proc/net/wireless
       status  is  the status reported by the modem.  Link quality reports the quality of the modulation on the air (direct sequence spread spectrum) [max = 16].  Level
       and Noise refer to the signal level and noise level [max = 64].  The crypt discarded packet and misc discarded packet counters are not implemented.

   Private ioctl
       You may use iwpriv(8) to manipulate private ioctls.

   Quality and level threshold
       Enables you to define the quality and level threshold used by the modem (packet below that level are discarded).

   Histogram
       This functionality makes it possible to set a number of signal level intervals and to count the number of packets received in each of  those  defined  intervals.
       This distribution might be used to calculate the mean value and standard deviation of the signal level.

   Specific notes
       This driver fails to detect some non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent Wavelan cards.  If this happens for you, you must look in the source code on how to add your card to the de‐
       tection routine.

       Some of the mentioned features are optional.  You may enable to disable them by changing flags in the driver header and recompile.

SEE ALSO
       wavelan_cs(4), ifconfig(8), insmod(8), iwconfig(8), iwpriv(8), iwspy(8)

Linux                                                                          2021-03-22                                                                     WAVELAN(4)