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author | Todd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-02-07 20:35:55 +0000 |
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committer | Todd T. Fries <todd@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-02-07 20:35:55 +0000 |
commit | aef2aa606196dcb0f98b1d31026496217b0610b0 (patch) | |
tree | 0f9203a2b477b7c0891c307db7585aa17b08cc34 /share | |
parent | ccb5100ddaf9f355d5ae8fff9faffc6902c838a3 (diff) |
document more recent (last year or two) support for newer hardware; ok mickey@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/wi.4 | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/wi.4 b/share/man/man4/wi.4 index 0a6ea85a283..00ac423f7f6 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wi.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wi.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4,v 1.5 2001/01/11 19:41:56 angelos Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: wi.4,v 1.6 2001/02/07 20:35:54 todd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved. @@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ Note that while Lucent sells both ISA and PCMCIA WaveLAN/IEEE devices, the ISA product is actually a PCMCIA card in an ISA to PCMCIA bridge adapter. Consequently, the .Nm -driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs. Both the original -2Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE cards and the newer 6Mbps WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo -adapters are supported. +driver is required for both the ISA and PCMCIA NICs. The original +WaveLAN/IEEE cards (2Mbps), the WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo (6Mbps), the +WaveLAN/IEEE Bronze Turbo (8Mbps), and the +WaveLAN/IEEE Silver/Gold (11Mbps) adapters are supported. .Pp The core of the WaveLAN/IEEE is the Lucent Hermes controller. All host/device interaction is via programmed I/O with the Hermes. The @@ -62,8 +63,13 @@ and ad-hoc operation modes. The .Nm driver encapsulates all IP and ARP traffic as 802.11 frames, however it can receive either 802.11 or 802.3 frames. Transmit speed is -selectable between 1Mbps fixed, 2Mbps fixed or 2Mbps with auto fallback. -For WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo adapters, speeds up to 6Mbps are available. +selectable between 1Mbps fixed, 2Mbps fixed, 2Mbps with auto fallback, +6Mbps, 8Mbps, or 11Mbps depending on your hardware (see above). The +Gold and Silver cards also have support for encryption. Silver adapters +will do 64bit encryption and Gold adapters will do 128bit encryption. +To enable the encryption, use the +.Xr wicontrol 8 +utility to set your keys. .Pp By default, the .Nm |