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Dd July 2, 2009
Dt WICONFIG 8
Os
Sh NAME
Nm wiconfig
Nd configure WaveLAN/IEEE devices
Sh SYNOPSIS
Nm wiconfig
Ar interface
Op Fl \&Dho
Op Fl A Ar 1|2
Op Fl a Ar access_point_density
Op Fl d Ar max_data_length
Op Fl M Ar 0|1
Op Fl R Ar 1|3
Op Fl s Ar station_name
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.
Pp
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.
Pp
The
Ar interface
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.
Pp
The options are as follows:
Pp
Bl -tag -width Fl
It Fl A Ar 1|2
Set the authentication type for a specified interface.
Permitted values are
Ar 1
(Open System Authentication) or
Ar 2
(Shared Key Authentication).
The default is 1.
It 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.
It Fl D
This forces the driver to initiate one round of access point scanning.
All of the access points found are displayed.
It 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.
It Fl h
Display a short help.
It Fl M Ar 0|1
Enable or disable
Qq microwave oven robustness
on a given interface.
This should only be used if needed.
Pp
In cases of slow performance where there is a good quality signal but
also high levels of noise (i.e., the signal to noise ratio is bad but
the signal strength is good), or a microwave oven is operating near the
antenna of the WLAN peer or access point, this option may be of use.
Pp
In bad signal-to-noise conditions, the link layer will switch to lower
transmit rates.
However at lower transmit rates, individual frames
take longer to transmit, making them more vulnerable to bursty
noise.
The option works by enabling data fragmentation in the link
layer as the transmit speed lowers in an attempt to shorten the
transmit time of each frame so that individual frames are more likely
to be transmitted without error.
Pp
Note that this does not impact the visible MTU of the link.
It 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.
It 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.
It Fl r Ar RTS_threshold
It Fl f Ar fragmentation_threshold
It Fl m Ar MAC_address
These options are deprecated since
Nx 6.0 .
Use
Xr ifconfig 8
to set the link-layer address, the fragmentation threshold, and the RTS
threshold.
It 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.
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
Ic wicontrol .
It was added to
Nx 1.5
under its present name.
Sh AUTHORS
The
Nm
command was written by
An Bill Paul Aq Mt [email protected] .

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