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which serves as a link-layer bridge between an Ethernet and
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which serves as a link-layer bridge between an Ethernet and
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the wireless network.
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the wireless network.
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An access point also provides roaming capability
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An access point also provides roaming capability
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which allows wireless node to move between access points.
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which allows wireless nodes to move between access points.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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In adhoc mode, it communicates peer to peer.
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In adhoc mode, it communicates peer to peer.
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Though it is more efficient to communicate between wireless nodes,
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Though it is more efficient to communicate between wireless nodes,
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the coverage is limited spatially due to lack of roaming capability.
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the coverage is limited spatially due to lack of roaming capability.
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.Pp
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.Pp
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In addition to these two mode in IEEE 802.11 specification, the
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In addition to these two modes in the IEEE 802.11 specification, the
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.Nm
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.Nm
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driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards,
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driver also supports a variant of adhoc mode out of spec for DS radio cards,
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which makes possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
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which makes it possible to communicate with adhoc mode of
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.Xr wi 8
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.Xr wi 8
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driver.
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driver.
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The NWID doesn't affect in this mode.
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The NWID doesn't affect in this mode.
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(slightly slower) i/o-space only access methods to read and write to
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(slightly slower) i/o-space only access methods to read and write to
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the shared memory.
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the shared memory.
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Since by default,
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Since by default,
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.Nx ,
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.Nx
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only allocates 16kb of
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only allocates 16kb of
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address space per PCMCIA controller, this message is in some sense to
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address space per PCMCIA controller, this message is in some sense to
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be expected and should not be a cause for alarm.
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be expected and should not be a cause for alarm.
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.It "awi0: association failed (reason %d)"
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.It "awi0: association failed (reason %d)"
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The access point refuses the association request from the device.
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The access point refuses the association request from the device.
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.It "awi0: no recent beacons from %s; rescanning"
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.It "awi0: no recent beacons from %s; rescanning"
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The device has not heard a beacon from its currently associated Access
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The device has not seen a beacon from its currently associated Access
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Point recently, and is looking for a new access point.
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Point recently, and is looking for a new access point.
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.It "awi0: transmit timeout"
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.It "awi0: transmit timeout"
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The device failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a
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The device failed to generate an interrupt to acknowledge a
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.An Bill Sommerfeld Aq sommerfeld@netbsd.org .
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.An Bill Sommerfeld Aq sommerfeld@netbsd.org .
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Then the
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Then the
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driver module completely rewritten to support cards with DS phy and
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driver module was completely rewritten to support cards with DS phy and
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to support adhoc mode by
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to support adhoc mode by
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.An Atsushi Onoe Aq onoe@netbsd.org .
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.An Atsushi Onoe Aq onoe@netbsd.org .

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