NAME

       wavelan - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver

SYNOPSIS

       insmod wavelan_cs.o [io=B,B..] [ irq=I,I..] [name=N,N..]

DESCRIPTION

       This driver is obsolete: it was removed in Linux 2.6.35.

       wavelan  is  the  low-level  device  driver  for  the  NCR  / AT&T / Lucent WaveLAN ISA and Digital (DEC)
       RoamAbout DS wireless ethernet adapter.  This driver is available as a module or might be compiled in the
       kernel.   This  driver  supports  multiple cards in both forms (up to 4) and allocates the next available
       ethernet device (eth0..eth#) for each card found, unless a  device  name  is  explicitly  specified  (see
       below).   This  device  name  will  be  reported  in  the kernel log file with the MAC address, NWID, and
       frequency used by the card.

   Parameters
       This section applies to the module form (parameters passed on the insmod(8) command line).  If the driver
       is included in the kernel, use the ether=IRQ,IO,NAME syntax on the kernel command line.

       io     Specify the list of base addresses where to search for wavelan cards (setting by dip switch on the
              card).  If you don't specify any io address, the driver will scan 0x390 and 0x3E0 addresses, which
              might conflict with other hardware...

       irq    Set  the  list  of IRQs that each wavelan card should use (the value is saved in permanent storage
              for future use).

       name   Set the list of names to be used for each wavelan card device (name used by ifconfig(8)).

   Wireless extensions
       Use iwconfig(8) to manipulate wireless extensions.

   NWID (or domain)
       Set the network ID [0 to FFFF] or disable it [off].  As the NWID is stored in the card Permanent  Storage
       Area, it will be reused at any further invocation of the driver.

   Frequency & channels
       For  the  2.4 GHz  2.00  Hardware,  you are able to set the frequency by specifying one of the 10 defined
       channels (2.412, 2.422, 2.425, 2.4305, 2.432, 2.442, 2.452, 2.460, 2.462  or  2.484)  or  directly  as  a
       numeric  value.  The frequency is changed immediately and permanently.  Frequency availability depends on
       the regulations...

   Statistics spy
       Set a list of MAC addresses in the driver (up to 8) and get the last quality of link for  each  of  those
       (see iwspy(8)).

   /proc/net/wireless
       status  is  the  status reported by the modem.  Link quality reports the quality of the modulation on the
       air (direct sequence spread spectrum) [max = 16].  Level and Noise refer to the signal  level  and  noise
       level [max = 64].  The crypt discarded packet and misc discarded packet counters are not implemented.

   Private ioctl
       You may use iwpriv(8) to manipulate private ioctls.

   Quality and level threshold
       Enables  you  to  define  the  quality and level threshold used by the modem (packet below that level are
       discarded).

   Histogram
       This functionality makes it possible to set a number of signal level intervals and to count the number of
       packets  received  in  each of those defined intervals.  This distribution might be used to calculate the
       mean value and standard deviation of the signal level.

   Specific notes
       This driver fails to detect some non-NCR/AT&T/Lucent Wavelan cards.  If this happens for  you,  you  must
       look in the source code on how to add your card to the detection routine.

       Some  of  the  mentioned  features are optional.  You may enable or disable them by changing flags in the
       driver header and recompile.

SEE ALSO

       wavelan_cs(4), ifconfig(8), insmod(8), iwconfig(8), iwpriv(8), iwspy(8)