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33 .Dd September 15, 2007
38 .Nd Texas Instruments ACX100/ACX111 IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network driver
40 To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in
41 your kernel configuration file:
42 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
45 .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_onoe"
46 .Cd "device wlan_ratectl_amrr"
49 Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
51 .Pa /boot/loader.conf :
52 .Bd -literal -offset indent
58 driver provides support for Texas Instruments TNETW1100/TNETW1100B (ACX100)
59 and TNETW1130 (ACX111) based PCI/CardBus network adapters.
61 The ACX100A and ACX100B are first generation 802.11b devices
63 The ACX111 is a second generation device which supports 802.11b/g
64 and in some cases 802.11a.
68 driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (infrastructure mode).
69 This mode requires the use of an access point.
70 In addition, IBSS operation (adhoc mode) is also supported.
71 For more information on configuring this device, see
74 The following per-interface variables are implemented in the
79 .Bl -tag -width ".Va msdu_lifetime"
84 The following cards are among those supported by the
88 .Bl -column -compact "Microcom Travelcard" "ACX111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n
89 .Em "Card Chip Bus Standard"
90 D-Link DWL-520+ ACX100 PCI b
91 D-Link DWL-650+ ACX100 CardBus b
92 D-Link DWL-G520+ ACX111 PCI b/g
93 D-Link DWL-G630+ ACX111 CardBus b/g
94 D-Link DWL-G650+ ACX111 CardBus b/g
95 Ergenic ERG WL-003 ACX100 CardBus b
96 Hamlet HNWP254 ACX111 CardBus b/g
97 Hawking HWP54G ACX111 PCI b/g
98 Linksys WPC54Gv2 ACX111 CardBus b/g
99 Microcom Travelcard ACX111 CardBus b/g
100 Netgear WG311v2 ACX111 PCI b/g
101 Sceptre SC254W+ ACX111 CardBus b/g
102 Tornado/ADT 211g ACX111 PCI b/g
103 USR USR5410 ACX111 CardBus b/g
104 USR USR5416 ACX111 PCI b/g
105 WESTELL A90-200WG-01 ACX111 CardBus b/g
106 ZyXEL G-160 ACX111 CardBus b/g
107 ZyXEL G-360 EE ACX111 PCI b/g
110 The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with
112 and must be obtained separately.
113 An archive with firmware files that are known to work can be found at:
114 .Bd -literal -offset indent
115 http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/acx/acx_fw.tbz
120 for more information on loading firmware.
135 driver first appeared in
141 driver was written by
142 .An Sepherosa Ziehau .
143 The manual page was written by
145 Both are based on the
146 .Pa http://wlan.kewl.org
147 project team's original code.
149 The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the good folks at
150 .Pa http://acx100.sourceforge.net .
151 Without them this driver would not have been possible.