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author | Marcus Glocker <mglocker@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-04-05 16:25:26 +0000 |
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committer | Marcus Glocker <mglocker@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2007-04-05 16:25:26 +0000 |
commit | e3a017b4b7d56ce099f4d8d35709274aa9fceafc (patch) | |
tree | de2675a70c0ce76a1e77964cb71eebbc2fc7f7c3 /share/man/man4 | |
parent | b379106f42e39d77dcc563db6fbc48b4e47d06d5 (diff) |
After been attacked by Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> because we initially
were using some of their routines in the bcw driver, I decided to stop
working on it. To avoid any further license chit chat I plain drop the
driver.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/bcw.4 | 311 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 311 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/bcw.4 b/share/man/man4/bcw.4 deleted file mode 100644 index 9c1046cbf84..00000000000 --- a/share/man/man4/bcw.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,311 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: bcw.4,v 1.8 2007/01/06 18:39:15 mglocker Exp $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Marcus Glocker. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in -.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the -.\" distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS -.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT -.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS -.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE -.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, -.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, -.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; -.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED -.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, -.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT -.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.Dd November 17, 2006 -.Os -.Dt BCW 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm bcw -.Nd Broadcom IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "bcw* at cardbus?" -.Cd "bcw* at pci?" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -driver provides support for Broadcom BCM43xx based -PCI/Cardbus network adapters. -.Pp -These are the modes the -.Nm -driver can operate in: -.Bl -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" -.It BSS mode -Also known as -.Em infrastructure -mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through -which all traffic passes. -This mode is the default. -.\" .It IBSS mode -.\" Also known as -.\" .Em IEEE ad-hoc -.\" mode or -.\" .Em peer-to-peer -.\" mode. -.\" This is the standardized method of operating without an access point. -.\" Stations associate with a service set. -.\" However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. -.\" .It Host AP -.\" In this mode the driver acts as an access point (base station) -.\" for other cards. -.\" .It monitor mode -.\" In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without -.\" associating with an access point. -.\" This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to -.\" capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, -.\" or to scan for access points. -.El -.Pp -.\" .Nm -.\" supports hardware WEP. -.\" Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard -.\" for wireless networks. -.\" It can be typically configured in one of three modes: -.\" no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption. -.\" Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol -.\" it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the -.\" sole mechanism to secure wireless communication. -.\" WEP is not enabled by default. -.\" .Pp -The transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the -driver depending on the received signal strength and on the number of hardware -transmission retries. -See -.Xr rssadapt 9 -for more information. -.Sh CONFIGURATION -The -.Nm -driver can be configured at runtime with -.Xr ifconfig 8 -or on boot with -.Xr hostname.if 5 -using the following parameters: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Cm bssid Ar bssid -Set the desired BSSID. -.It Fl bssid -Unset the desired BSSID. -The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is -the default. -.It Cm chan Ar n -Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used by the driver based on -the given channel ID -.Ar n . -.It Fl chan -Unset the desired channel to be used by the driver. -The driver will automatically select a channel in this mode, which is -the default. -.It Cm media Ar media -The -.Nm -driver supports the following -.Ar media -types: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width autoselect -compact -.It Cm autoselect -Enable autoselection of the media type and options. -.It Cm DS1 -Set 802.11b DS 1Mbps operation. -.It Cm DS2 -Set 802.11b DS 2Mbps operation. -.It Cm DS5 -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. -.It Cm OFDM9 -Set 802.11g OFDM 9Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM12 -Set 802.11g OFDM 12Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM18 -Set 802.11g OFDM 18Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM24 -Set 802.11g OFDM 24Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM36 -Set 802.11g OFDM 36Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM48 -Set 802.11g OFDM 48Mbps operation. -.It Cm OFDM54 -Set 802.11g OFDM 54Mbps operation. -.El -.It Cm mediaopt Ar opts -The -.Nm -driver supports the following media options: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width monitor -compact -.It Cm hostap -Select Host AP operation. -.It Cm ibss -Select IBSS operation. -.\".It Cm monitor -.\"Select monitor mode. -.El -.It Fl mediaopt Ar opts -Disable the specified media options on the driver and return it to the -default mode of operation (BSS). -.It Cm mode Ar mode -The -.Nm -driver supports the following modes: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width 11b -compact -.It Cm 11b -Force 802.11b operation. -.It Cm 11g -Force 802.11g operation. -.El -.It Cm nwid Ar id -Set the network ID. -The -.Ar id -can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, -or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. -An empty -.Ar id -string allows the interface to connect to any available access points. -By default the -.Nm -driver uses an empty string. -Note that network ID is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). -.It Fl nwid -Set the network ID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect -to any available access point. -.It Cm nwkey Ar key -Enable WEP encryption using the specified -.Ar key . -The -.Ar key -can either be a string, a series of hexadecimal digits (preceded by -.Sq 0x ) , -or a set of keys of the form -.Dq n:k1,k2,k3,k4 , -where -.Sq n -specifies which of the keys will be used for transmitted packets, -and the four keys, -.Dq k1 -through -.Dq k4 , -are configured as WEP keys. -If a set of keys is specified, a comma -.Pq Sq \&, -within the key must be escaped with a backslash. -Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within -the network. -.Nm -is capable of using both 40-bit (5 characters or 10 hexadecimal digits) -or 104-bit (13 characters or 26 hexadecimal digits) keys. -.It Fl nwkey -Disable WEP encryption. -This is the default mode of operation. -.El -.Sh FILES -The driver needs a firmware file which is loaded when an interface is -brought up: -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact -.It Pa /etc/firmware/bcw-bcm43xx -.El -.\".Pp -.\"These firmware files are not free because Marvell refuses -.\"to grant distribution rights. -.\"As a result, even though -.\".Ox -.\"includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and -.\"users have to download these files on their own. -.Pp -A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with -.Xr pkg_add 1 , -can be found at: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -http://www.nazgul.ch/bcw/bcw-firmware-1.3.tgz -.Ed -.Sh HARDWARE -The following cards are among those supported by the -.Nm -driver: -.Pp -.Bl -column -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "MALO111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n -.Em "Card Chip Bus Standard" -? BCM4318 PCI b/g -? BCM4306 PCI b/g -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -The following -.Xr hostname.if 5 -example configures bcw0 to join whatever network is available on boot, -using WEP key -.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 , -channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 -.Ed -.Pp -The following -.Xr hostname.if 5 -example creates a host-based access point on boot: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect \e - mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11 -.Ed -.Pp -Configure bcw0 for WEP, using hex key -.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : -.Bd -literal -offset indent -# ifconfig bcw0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 -.Ed -.Pp -Return bcw0 to its default settings: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -# ifconfig bcw0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e - nwid "" -nwkey -.Ed -.Pp -Join an existing BSS network, -.Dq my_net : -.Bd -literal -offset indent -# ifconfig bcw0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net -.Ed -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr arp 4 , -.Xr cardbus 4 , -.Xr ifmedia 4 , -.Xr intro 4 , -.Xr netintro 4 , -.Xr pci 4 , -.Xr hostname.if 5 , -.Xr hostapd 8 , -.Xr ifconfig 8 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -driver first appeared in -.Ox 4.1 . -.Sh AUTHORS -.An -nosplit -The -.Nm -driver was originally written by -.An Cliff Wright -and then rewritten for IEEE 802.11 -by -.An Jon Simola . |