NAME
wiconfig —
configure WaveLAN/IEEE
devices
SYNOPSIS
wiconfig |
interface
[-Dho]
[-A 1|2]
[-a
access_point_density]
[-d
max_data_length]
[-M 0|1]
[-R 1|3]
[-s
station_name] |
DESCRIPTION
The
wiconfig command controls the operation of WaveLAN/IEEE
wireless networking devices via the
wi(4) and
awi(4) drivers. The
wiconfig command can also be used to view the current
settings of these parameters and to dump out the values of the card's
statistics counters.
Most of the parameters that can be changed relate to the IEEE 802.11 protocol
which the WaveLAN implements. This includes the station name, whether the
station is operating in ad-hoc (point to point) or BSS (service set) mode, and
the network name of a service set to join (IBSS) if BSS mode is enabled.
The
interface argument given to
wiconfig
should be the logical interface name associated with the WaveLAN/IEEE device
(e.g., wi0, wi1, etc.).
OPTIONS
With no extra options,
wiconfig will display the current
settings of the specified WaveLAN/IEEE interface.
The options are as follows:
-
-
- -A
1|2
- Set the authentication type for a specified interface.
Permitted values are 1 (Open System Authentication)
or 2 (Shared Key Authentication). The default is
1.
-
-
- -a
access_point_density
- Specify the access point density for
a given interface. Legal values are 1 (low), 2 (medium), and 3 (high).
This setting influences some of the radio modem threshold settings.
-
-
- -D
- This forces the driver to initiate one round of access
point scanning. All of the access points found are displayed.
-
-
- -d
max_data_length
- Set the maximum receive and transmit frame size for a
specified interface. The max data length can be any
number from 256 to 2346. The default is 2304.
-
-
- -h
- Display a short help.
-
-
- -M
0|1
- Enable or disable “microwave oven robustness”
on a given interface. This should only be used if needed.
In cases of slow performance where there is a good quality signal but also
high levels of noise (i.e., the signal to noise ratio is bad but the
signal strength is good), or a microwave oven is operating near the
antenna of the WLAN peer or access point, this option may be of use.
In bad signal-to-noise conditions, the link layer will switch to lower
transmit rates. However at lower transmit rates, individual frames take
longer to transmit, making them more vulnerable to bursty noise. The
option works by enabling data fragmentation in the link layer as the
transmit speed lowers in an attempt to shorten the transmit time of each
frame so that individual frames are more likely to be transmitted without
error.
Note that this does not impact the visible MTU of the link.
-
-
- -o
- Print out the statistics counters instead of the card
settings. Note that, however, the statistics will only be updated every
minute or so.
-
-
- -R
1|3
- Enable or disable roaming function on a given interface.
The legal values are 1 (Roaming handled by firmware)
and 3 (Roaming Disabled). The default is 1.
-
-
- -r
RTS_threshold
-
- -f
fragmentation_threshold
-
- -m
MAC_address
- These options are deprecated since NetBSD
6.0. Use
ifconfig(8) to set the
link-layer address, the fragmentation threshold, and the RTS
threshold.
-
-
- -s
station_name
- Sets the station_name for the
specified interface. The station_name is used for
diagnostic purposes. The Lucent WaveMANAGER software can poll the names of
remote hosts.
SEE ALSO
awi(4),
wi(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
wiconfig command first appeared in
FreeBSD 3.0, as
wicontrol. It was
added to
NetBSD 1.5 under its present name.
AUTHORS
The
wiconfig command was written by
Bill
Paul
<
wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>.