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authorMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-17 04:51:05 +0000
committerMichael Shalayeff <mickey@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-10-17 04:51:05 +0000
commitc4991e64227a437d088abc3f6e640701a6df2ab4 (patch)
tree2a2430cbe332b0f76d720df714f954762fd32a09 /share/man/man4/ray.4
parentbde27cdfccf0c3f2dee3c87aa57708b5413f20a2 (diff)
update about auth and stuff
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ray.4 b/share/man/man4/ray.4
index 8a464bd6887..9d4821534d1 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ray.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ray.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ray.4,v 1.4 2000/04/17 20:05:21 mickey Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ray.4,v 1.5 2000/10/17 04:51:04 mickey Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: ray.4,v 1.5 2000/02/28 13:54:55 enami Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Christian E. Hopps
@@ -100,11 +100,17 @@ The transmission range in open air (line of sight)
is a maximum of 1000 feet (or ~304 meters), and indoors (i.e., with
obstructions) it is a maximum of 500 feet (152 meters).
.Pp
+Windows(tm) drivers may use one of two framing modes for wireless packets,
+"translation" and "encapsulation." "Encapsulation" is the only framing
+mode available when using some older Windows drivers.
+.Pp
Setting
.Em link0
flag on the interface allows the
-Ethernet2 in 802.11 encapsulation produced by
-the Windows(tm) driver for the card.
+Ethernet2 in 802.11 "encapsulation" framing method used by
+older Windows drivers for the card. For all other purposes,
+link0 should not be used, and "translation" should be selected
+if you are given the option in a newer Windows driver.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "ray0: card failed self test: status x"
@@ -129,7 +135,10 @@ The
.Nm
driver was written by Christian E. Hopps <chopps@netbsd.org> and ported to
.Ox
-by Michael Shalayeff <mickey@openbsd.org>.
+by Michael Shalayeff <mickey@openbsd.org>. Support for interoperating
+with newer Windows driver was added by Steve Weiss <srw@alum.mit.edu>.
.Sh BUGS
Currently the infrastructure mode is untested, and authentication
using WEP is unimplemented.
+.Pp
+Firmware version 4 does not interop with version 5 or higher.