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From: wicontrol.8,v 1.6 1999/05/22 16:12:47 wpaul Exp $
.Dd January 11, 2001 .Dt WICONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm wiconfig .Nd configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm wiconfig .Ar interface .Op Fl o .Op Fl D k -words .Op Fl s Ar station name .Ek k -words .Op Fl a Ar access point density .Ek k -words .Op Fl m Ar MAC address .Ek k -words .Op Fl d Ar max data length .Ek k -words .Op Fl r Ar RTS threshold .Ek k -words .Op Fl M Ar 0|1 .Ek k -words .Op Fl R Ar 1|3 .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm command controls the operation of .Tn WaveLAN/IEEE wireless networking devices via the .Xr wi 4 and .Xr awi 4 drivers. The .Nm command can also be used to view the current settings of these parameters and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters.
p Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the .Tn IEEE 802.11 protocol which the .Tn WaveLAN implements. This includes the station name, whether the station is operating in ad-hoc (point to point) or BSS (service set) mode, and the network name of a service set to join (IBSS) if BSS mode is enabled.
p The .Ar iface argument given to .Nm should be the logical interface name associated with the .Tn WaveLAN/IEEE device (e.g. wi0, wi1, etc.). .Sh OPTIONS With no extra options, .Nm will display the current settings of the specified .Tn WaveLAN/IEEE interface.
p The options are as follows:
p l -tag -width Fl t Fl o Print out the statistics counters instead of the card settings. Note that, however, the statistics will only be updated every minute or so. t Fl D This forces the driver to initiate one round of access point scanning. All of the access points found are displayed. t Fl s Ar station name Sets the .Ar station name for the specified interface. The .Ar station name is used for diagnostic purposes. The .Tn Lucent .Tn WaveMANAGER software can poll the names of remote hosts. t Fl a Ar access_point_density Specify the .Ar access point density for a given interface. Legal values are 1 (low), 2 (medium) and 3 (high). This setting influences some of the radio modem threshold settings. t Fl m Ar MAC address Set the station address for the specified interface. The .Ar MAC address is specified as a series of six hexadecimal values separated by colons, e.g. 00:60:1d:12:34:56. This programs the new address into the card and updates the interface as well. t Fl d Ar max_data_length Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a specified interface. The .Ar max data length can be any number from 256 to 2346. The default is 2304. t Fl r Ar RTS threshold Set the RTS/CTS threshold for a given interface. This controls the number of bytes used for the RTS/CTS handshake boundary. The .Ar RTS threshold can be any value between 0 and 2347. The default is 2347, which indicates RTS/CTS mechanism never to be used. t Fl M Ar 0|1 Enable or disable .Qq microwave oven robustness on a given interface. t Fl R Ar 1|3 Enable or disable roaming function on a given interface. The legal values are .Ar 1 (Roaming handled by firmware) and .Ar 3 (Roaming Disabled). The default is 1. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr awi 4 , .Xr wi 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in .Fx 3.0 , as c wicontrol . It was added to .Nx 1.5 under its present name. .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm command was written by .An Bill Paul Aq wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu .