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authorDavid Leonard <d@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-07-14 03:57:29 +0000
committerDavid Leonard <d@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-07-14 03:57:29 +0000
commit98ca7a447f010492db8e695f81ff965954f7cdb4 (patch)
treeb880a52bdba407d01a0f84855991ccfe0e2f7880 /share/man
parent5f3317871b665563844f2a3f787d1adc4c49f78c (diff)
Proper names for the different models; better RF description
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/rln.422
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rln.4 b/share/man/man4/rln.4
index 76c1263ee9f..611143c5920 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/rln.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/rln.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: rln.4,v 1.3 1999/07/09 13:35:49 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: rln.4,v 1.4 1999/07/14 03:57:28 d Exp $
.Dd 2 April, 1999
.Dt RLN 4
.Os
@@ -15,27 +15,35 @@ The
device driver supports at least the following cards:
.Bl -bullet -compact
.\" .It
-.\" RangeLAN2 ISA
+.\" Proxim RangeLAN2 7100 ISA Card
.\" .It
-.\" RangeLAN2 630x series Mini ISA
+.\" Proxim RangeLAN2 630x Mini ISA OEM Module
.\" .It
-.\" RangeLAN2 633x series Micro design-in module
+.\" Proxim RangeLAN2 633x Micro design-in module
.\" .It
-.\" RangeLAN2 and Symphony PC Cards
+.\" Symphony PC Cards
.\" .It
.\" Symphony PnP ISA Card
.It
+Proxim RangeLAN2 7200 Two Piece PC Card
+.It
+Proxim RangeLAN2 7400 One Piece PC Card
+.It
Digital RoamAbout FH 2400 PC-Card
+.It
+AMP Wireless PC-Card
.El
.Pp
The Proxim RangeLAN2 air protocol is incompatible with the older
RangeLAN(1) cards, Lucent Technologies' WaveLan cards, and with
the newer 802.11 cards in general.
.Pp
-The RangeLAN2 cards communicate using radio signals near the 2.4GHz
-part of the spectrum.
+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.
+Depending on the channel condition, the NICs operate in one of two
+modes: 1.6Mb/s or 0.8Mb/s signalling rate.
.\" .Sh CONFIGURATION
.\" Because there is no reliable way to determine between
.\" the different types of cards listed above,