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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 combined_radio_fw"
82 .It Va long_retry_limit
85 Channel dwell time during scanning (unit: milliseconds)
86 .It Va combined_radio_fw
87 The base and radio firmwares are combined in one image file.
89 it is set to 1 for ACX111 parts and 0 for ACX100A and ACX100B parts.
91 Set to non-zero value to free the loaded firmwares.
92 This does not affect a running device.
93 Firmwares will be reloaded from
95 when device is brought up next time.
98 The following cards are among those supported by the
102 .Bl -column -compact "WESTELL A90-200WG-01" "ACX111" "CardBus" "a/b/g" -offset 6n
103 .It Em Card Ta Em Chip Ta Em Bus Ta Em Standard
104 .It "D-Link DWL-520+" Ta ACX100 Ta PCI Ta b
105 .It "D-Link DWL-650+" Ta ACX100 Ta CardBus Ta b
106 .It "D-Link DWL-G520+" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
107 .It "D-Link DWL-G630+" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
108 .It "D-Link DWL-G650+" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
109 .It "Ergenic ERG WL-003" Ta ACX100 Ta CardBus Ta b
110 .It "Hamlet HNWP254" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
111 .It "Hawking HWP54G" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
112 .It "Linksys WPC54Gv2" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
113 .It "Microcom Travelcard" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
114 .It "Netgear WG311v2" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
115 .It "Sceptre SC254W+" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
116 .It "Tornado/ADT 211g" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
117 .It "USR USR5410" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
118 .It "USR USR5416" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
119 .It "WESTELL A90-200WG-01" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
120 .It "ZyXEL G-160" Ta ACX111 Ta CardBus Ta b/g
121 .It "ZyXEL G-360 EE" Ta ACX111 Ta PCI Ta b/g
124 The firmware for the adapter is not shipped with
126 and must be obtained separately.
127 An archive with firmware files that are known to work can be found at:
128 .Bd -literal -offset indent
129 http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~sephe/acx/acx_fw.tbz
132 The firmware files have to reside in
133 .Pa /etc/firmware/acx
134 and will be loaded when the interface is brought up.
154 driver first appeared in
160 driver was written by
161 .An Sepherosa Ziehau .
162 The manual page was written by
164 Both are based on the
165 .Pa http://wlan.kewl.org
166 project team's original code.
168 The hardware specification was reverse engineered by the good folks at
169 .Pa http://acx100.sourceforge.net .
170 Without them this driver would not have been possible.