X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fnetworking%2FREADME.ipw2200;fp=Documentation%2Fnetworking%2FREADME.ipw2200;h=c6492d3839fabaf4b73a6670ca1cb1aae2d6769d;hb=64ba3f394c830ec48a1c31b53dcae312c56f1604;hp=4f2a40f1dbc629837463a96695759e3848f41c68;hpb=be1e6109ac94a859551f8e1774eb9a8469fe055c;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 index 4f2a40f1d..c6492d383 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R) 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 @@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ 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 @@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ file. 1.1. Overview of Features ----------------------------------------------- -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) @@ -247,8 +245,8 @@ and can set the contents via echo. For example: % 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: @@ -316,35 +314,6 @@ For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200: running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default. -1.5. Supported channels ------------------------------------------------ - -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 ----------------------------------------------- @@ -384,15 +353,6 @@ When configuring the mode of the adapter, all run-time configured parameters are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes channels, rates, ESSID, etc. -3.2 iwconfig sens ------------------------------------------------ - -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 ----------------------------------------------- @@ -448,7 +408,7 @@ For general information and support, go to: 7. License ----------------------------------------------- - 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