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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, |