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| author | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-03-09 11:23:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Damien Bergamini <damien@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2005-03-09 11:23:21 +0000 |
| commit | 09516391168e98e3bfba6fcce94d4282e464794f (patch) | |
| tree | b2ac23ff89c099b0787708e1b12382e90798382c /share/man/man4/ral.4 | |
| parent | 7182541a1bb9714a468fc4862339258d76fd7c18 (diff) | |
document the various radio transceivers.
looks fine jsg@
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/ral.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ral.4 | 34 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ral.4 b/share/man/man4/ral.4 index 14c19a02c33..dc3d25aad3d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ral.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ral.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ral.4,v 1.9 2005/03/09 09:05:41 damien Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ral.4,v 1.10 2005/03/09 11:23:20 damien Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2005 .\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .Dt RAL 4 .Sh NAME .Nm ral -.Nd Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver +.Nd Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "ral* at cardbus?" .Cd "ral* at pci?" @@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ The driver supports PCI/CardBus wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2500 chipset. .Pp +The RT2500 chipset consists of two integrated chips, a RT2560 MAC/BBP and a +radio transceiver (the model of which depends on the card revision). +.Pp +The RT2522, RT2523, RT2524, RT2525, RT2525e radio transceivers operate in +the 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g) whereas the RT5222 is a dual-band radio +transceiver that can operate in the 2.4GHz and 5.2GHz bands (802.11a). +.Pp +The transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the +driver depending on the received-signal strength. See +.Xr rssadapt 9 +for more information. +.Pp These are the modes the .Nm driver can operate in: @@ -109,21 +121,21 @@ Set 802.11b DS 5.5Mbps operation. .It Cm DS11 Set 802.11b DS 11Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM6 -Set 802.11g OFDM 6Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 6Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM9 -Set 802.11g OFDM 9Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 9Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM12 -Set 802.11g OFDM 12Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 12Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM18 -Set 802.11g OFDM 18Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 18Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM24 -Set 802.11g OFDM 24Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 24Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM36 -Set 802.11g OFDM 36Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 36Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM48 -Set 802.11g OFDM 48Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 48Mbps operation. .It Cm OFDM54 -Set 802.11g OFDM 54Mbps operation. +Set 802.11a/g OFDM 54Mbps operation. .El .It Cm mediaopt Ar opts The @@ -145,6 +157,8 @@ The driver supports the following modes: .Pp .Bl -tag -width 11b -compact +.It Cm 11a +Force 802.11a operation (RT5222 only). .It Cm 11b Force 802.11b operation. .It Cm 11g |