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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R)
10PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the 10PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the
11unified driver. 11unified driver.
12 12
13Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation 13Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Intel Corporation
14 14
15README.ipw2200 15README.ipw2200
16 16
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ Index
261.2. Module parameters 261.2. Module parameters
271.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods 271.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods
281.4. Sysfs Helper Files 281.4. Sysfs Helper Files
291.5. Supported channels
292. Ad-Hoc Networking 302. Ad-Hoc Networking
303. Interacting with Wireless Tools 313. Interacting with Wireless Tools
313.1. iwconfig mode 323.1. iwconfig mode
333.2. iwconfig sens
324. About the Version Numbers 344. About the Version Numbers
335. Firmware installation 355. Firmware installation
346. Support 366. Support
@@ -314,6 +316,35 @@ For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200:
314 running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default. 316 running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default.
315 317
316 318
3191.5. Supported channels
320-----------------------------------------------
321
322Upon loading the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux, a
323message stating the detected geography code and the number of 802.11
324channels supported by the card will be displayed in the log.
325
326The geography code corresponds to a regulatory domain as shown in the
327table below.
328
329 Supported channels
330Code Geography 802.11bg 802.11a
331
332--- Restricted 11 0
333ZZF Custom US/Canada 11 8
334ZZD Rest of World 13 0
335ZZA Custom USA & Europe & High 11 13
336ZZB Custom NA & Europe 11 13
337ZZC Custom Japan 11 4
338ZZM Custom 11 0
339ZZE Europe 13 19
340ZZJ Custom Japan 14 4
341ZZR Rest of World 14 0
342ZZH High Band 13 4
343ZZG Custom Europe 13 4
344ZZK Europe 13 24
345ZZL Europe 11 13
346
347
3172. Ad-Hoc Networking 3482. Ad-Hoc Networking
318----------------------------------------------- 349-----------------------------------------------
319 350
@@ -353,6 +384,15 @@ When configuring the mode of the adapter, all run-time configured parameters
353are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes 384are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes
354channels, rates, ESSID, etc. 385channels, rates, ESSID, etc.
355 386
3873.2 iwconfig sens
388-----------------------------------------------
389
390The 'iwconfig ethX sens XX' command will not set the signal sensitivity
391threshold, as described in iwconfig documentation, but rather the number
392of consecutive missed beacons that will trigger handover, i.e. roaming
393to another access point. At the same time, it will set the disassociation
394threshold to 3 times the given value.
395
356 396
3574. About the Version Numbers 3974. About the Version Numbers
358----------------------------------------------- 398-----------------------------------------------
@@ -408,7 +448,7 @@ For general information and support, go to:
4087. License 4487. License
409----------------------------------------------- 449-----------------------------------------------
410 450
411 Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. 451 Copyright(c) 2003 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
412 452
413 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 453 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
414 under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as 454 under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as