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author | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Pechkin <mpech@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-10-05 14:45:55 +0000 |
commit | e7d0adf95322ccbac21d361be1700e9edb07eff2 (patch) | |
tree | 0a7ba8b2db2a1f697897ee36c97e0c9344da12c9 /share/man/man4/rln.4 | |
parent | 7ef5a345919c1cba77bdfe5ffcf43dde619dabd4 (diff) |
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/rln.4 b/share/man/man4/rln.4 index 224d64b8c27..70dc690dc9d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/rln.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/rln.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rln.4,v 1.12 2001/09/06 15:04:34 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rln.4,v 1.13 2001/10/05 14:45:53 mpech Exp $ .\" .Dd 2 April, 1999 .Dt RLN 4 @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ the newer 802.11 cards in general. The RangeLAN2 cards communicate using an Ethernet-like protocol over the 2.4\(em2.483GHz part of the spectrum. This frequency happens to co-incide with that of strong harmonics emitted -by common consumer microwave ovens. You can guess the rest. +by common consumer microwave ovens. +You can guess the rest. Depending on the channel condition, the NICs operate in one of two modes: 1.6Mb/s or 0.8Mb/s signalling rate. .\" .Sh CONFIGURATION @@ -70,14 +71,16 @@ The medium used by the device is always air. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It "rln0: hardware fault" -The card reported a hardware fault condition. Check the antenna. +The card reported a hardware fault condition. +Check the antenna. The interface is automatically marked down. .It "rln0: synchronised to ? (?) channel ?/?" The card has successfully synchronised with a nearby unit. Packets are only transmitted when the unit has synchronisation with another. .It "rln0: lost sync" -Synchronisation was lost. Check for microwave ovens being used. +Synchronisation was lost. +Check for microwave ovens being used. .It "rln0: nothing to sync to; now master" The card was unsuccessful in (re-)synchronising with any other unit, and was configured as an alternate master. @@ -86,12 +89,13 @@ The card generate a message bigger than the maximum size allowable for Ethernet. .It "rln0: command error 0x?? command ??" The card reported an error condition in the host-card protocol. .It "rln0: reset timeout" -An attempt to hard reset the card failed. This is either a serious hardware -fault, or a bus conflict. +An attempt to hard reset the card failed. +This is either a serious hardware fault, or a bus conflict. .It "rln0: tx_request timed out, status 0x??" -The host-to-card message transfer protocol timed out. This could mean -a duplex transfer is in progress and the interrupt service routine has not -run. Check the cpu load. +The host-to-card message transfer protocol timed out. +This could mean a duplex transfer is in progress and the interrupt service +routine has not run. +Check the cpu load. .It "rln0: lost message ?? seq ?" An expected response to the command did not appear within a reasonable time. .It "rln0: unknown RangeLAN2 wireless network card" |