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38 .Nd Texas Instruments ACX100/TNETW1130(ACX111) IEEE 802.11 driver
40 To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in
41 your kernel configuration file:
42 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
47 Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
49 .Pa /boot/loader.conf :
50 .Bd -literal -offset indent
56 driver provides support for Texas Instruments ACX100 or
57 TNETW1130 (aka ACX111) based PCI and Cardbus network adapters.
61 driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (infrastructure mode).
62 This mode requires the use of an access point. In addition, IBSS
63 operation (adhoc mode) is also supported.
65 information on configuring this device, see
68 A number of per-interface variables are implemented in the
73 .Bl -tag -width ".Va txrate_sample_threshold"
74 .It Va txrate_upd_intvl_min
75 Minumum number of seconds to wait before raising the TX rate.
76 .It Va txrate_upd_intvl_max
77 Maximum number of seconds to wait before raising the TX rate.
78 .It Va txrate_sample_threshold
79 Number of packets to be sampled before raising the TX rate.
80 .It Va long_retry_limit
81 Maximum number of retries for RTS packets.
82 .It Va short_retry_limit
83 Maximum number of retries for non-RTS packets.
88 The following cards are known to work with the
103 The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with
105 and must be obtained seperately.
106 Check the disk/CD shipped with the adapter or
108 .Pa ftp://ftp.dlink.co.uk/wireless
112 for more information on loading firmware.
113 .\" XXX .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
121 driver first appeared in
127 driver was written by
128 .An Sepherosa Ziehau .
129 The manual page was written by
131 Both are based on the
132 .Pa http://wlan.kewl.org
133 project team's original code.
135 The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the good folks at
136 .Pa http://acx100.sourceforge.net .
137 Without them this driver would not have been possible.