arl(4)

NAME

arl - Aironet Arlan 655 wireless network adapter driver

SYNOPSIS

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the  following
line in your
kernel configuration file:
      device arl
Alternatively,  to load the driver as a module at boot time,
place the
following line in loader.conf(5):
      if_arl_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The arl driver provides support for Aironet Arlan 655 wire

less network
adapters. The Arlan 655 series adapters operate at 354kbps,

512kbps,
1Mbps and 2Mbps.

The Aironet Arlan 655 devices support Aironet TMA, Aironet

Non-TMA and
PSP operating modes.

By default, the arl driver configures the Aironet Arlan 655

card for TMA
operation.

To set up Radio Network parameters, use arlcontrol(8).

SEE ALSO

arp(4), netintro(4), arlcontrol(8), ifconfig(8)

LIMITATIONS

When using ifconfig(8) for setting SSID you must use a

4-byte even hexadecimal digit value and it must start with 00 or 02.

You can change channel for current country only through if

config(8). You
must use arlcontrol(8) for changing country.

Cannot change link-level address.

HISTORY

The arl device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.

AUTHORS

The arl driver was initially written by Ivan Sharov
<ivan.sharov@iname.com>. <ran@styx.aic.net> wrote the arl

control(8)
utility and added ioctl(2) support to the driver. Stanislav

Svirid
<count@riss-telecom.ru> ported this driver to the new ISA

architecture,
merged some al driver changes, fixed some bugs and made it a

module.
Yuri Kurenkov <y.kurenkov@init.ru> wrote this manpage.

BSD July 16, 2005

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