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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-05 19:00:51 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2002-04-05 19:00:51 +0000
commit85ce80939504a509ed66b6a1973520de950a0ac3 (patch)
treeb0a0f72a41f0dd4ba18174d8b76347581724fbee /share/man
parent85b9b0dd691a343e9c358026d36f647ddf12a0c6 (diff)
Add examples, warn that 3.3V cards don't work with our PCMCIA stuff.
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/wi.4tbl55
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl b/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
index ac7e62639aa..f5093542e3c 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
+++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4tbl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.4 2002/04/03 18:36:43 millert Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4tbl,v 1.5 2002/04/05 19:00:50 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -133,11 +133,12 @@ _ _ _
l l l .
Card:Chip:Bus
3Com AirConnect 3CRWE737A:Spectrum24:PCMCIA
-3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A:Prism-II:PCMCIA
+3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A:Prism-II:PCI
Addtron AWP-100:Prism-II:PCMCIA
Agere Orinoco:Hermes:PCMCIA
-BUFFALO AirStation:Prism-II:PCMCIA
-BUFFALO AirStation:Prism-II:CF
+Apple Airport:Hermes:macobio
+Buffalo AirStation:Prism-II:PCMCIA
+Buffalo AirStation:Prism-II:CF
Cabletron RoamAbout:Hermes:PCMCIA
Compaq Agency NC5004:Prism-II:PCMCIA
Contec FLEXLAN/FX-DS110-PCC:Prism-II:PCMCIA
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ or 9052 chip.
The following such adapters are supported or expected to work:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width -offset indent -compact
-.It 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A
+.It 3Com AirConnect 3CRWE777A (3.3V)
.It Belkin F5D6000 (a rebadged WL11000P)
.It Eumitcom WL11000P
.It Global Sun Technology GL24110P (untested)
@@ -189,6 +190,45 @@ The following such adapters are supported or expected to work:
.It US Robotics 2415 (rebadged WL11000P)
.El
.Pp
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following examples utilize
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+for simplicity, however,
+.Xr wicontrol 8
+can also be used to set wireless parameters.
+.Pp
+Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point):
+.Dl # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00
+.Pp
+Join a specific BSS network with network name
+.Dq my_net .
+.Dl # ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net
+.br
+.Pp
+Join a specific BSS network with WEP encryption:
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \e
+ nwkey 0x8736639624
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Join an ad-hoc network with network name
+.Dq my_net .
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net \e
+ media adhoc
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Create a host-based access point (Prism only):
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_ap \e
+ media hostap
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Create a host-based wireless bridge to fxp0 (Prism only):
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+# ifconfig wi0 inet up nwid my_ap media hostap
+# brconfig bridge0 add fxp0 add wi0 up
+.Ed
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "wi%d: init failed"
@@ -205,6 +245,7 @@ command.
.Xr an 4 ,
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
+.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wicontrol 8
.Rs
@@ -233,3 +274,7 @@ Non-Lucent cards vary, for instance the Addtron cards use channel
See
.Xr wicontrol 8
for information on how to change the channel.
+.Pp
+3.3V
+.Nm
+PCMCIA cards do not currently work.