PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the
unified driver.
-Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Intel Corporation
+Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation
README.ipw2200
-Version: 1.1.2
-Date : March 30, 2006
+Version: 1.0.8
+Date : October 20, 2005
Index
1.2. Module parameters
1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods
1.4. Sysfs Helper Files
-1.5. Supported channels
2. Ad-Hoc Networking
3. Interacting with Wireless Tools
3.1. iwconfig mode
-3.2. iwconfig sens
4. About the Version Numbers
5. Firmware installation
6. Support
1.1. Overview of Features
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-The current release (1.1.2) supports the following features:
+The current release (1.0.8) supports the following features:
+ BSS mode (Infrastructure, Managed)
+ IBSS mode (Ad-Hoc)
% cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
Will report the current debug level of the driver's logging subsystem
-(only available if CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG was configured when the driver
-was built).
+(only available if CONFIG_IPW_DEBUG was configured when the driver was
+built).
You can set the debug level via:
running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default.
-1.5. Supported channels
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-
-Upon loading the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux, a
-message stating the detected geography code and the number of 802.11
-channels supported by the card will be displayed in the log.
-
-The geography code corresponds to a regulatory domain as shown in the
-table below.
-
- Supported channels
-Code Geography 802.11bg 802.11a
-
---- Restricted 11 0
-ZZF Custom US/Canada 11 8
-ZZD Rest of World 13 0
-ZZA Custom USA & Europe & High 11 13
-ZZB Custom NA & Europe 11 13
-ZZC Custom Japan 11 4
-ZZM Custom 11 0
-ZZE Europe 13 19
-ZZJ Custom Japan 14 4
-ZZR Rest of World 14 0
-ZZH High Band 13 4
-ZZG Custom Europe 13 4
-ZZK Europe 13 24
-ZZL Europe 11 13
-
-
2. Ad-Hoc Networking
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are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes
channels, rates, ESSID, etc.
-3.2 iwconfig sens
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-
-The 'iwconfig ethX sens XX' command will not set the signal sensitivity
-threshold, as described in iwconfig documentation, but rather the number
-of consecutive missed beacons that will trigger handover, i.e. roaming
-to another access point. At the same time, it will set the disassociation
-threshold to 3 times the given value.
-
4. About the Version Numbers
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7. License
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- Copyright(c) 2003 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as