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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R)
PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the
unified driver.
-Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation
+Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Intel Corporation
README.ipw2200
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ Index
1.2. Module parameters
1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods
1.4. Sysfs Helper Files
+1.5. Supported channels
2. Ad-Hoc Networking
3. Interacting with Wireless Tools
3.1. iwconfig mode
+3.2. iwconfig sens
4. About the Version Numbers
5. Firmware installation
6. Support
@@ -314,6 +316,35 @@ For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200:
running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default.
+1.5. Supported channels
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Upon loading the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux, a
+message stating the detected geography code and the number of 802.11
+channels supported by the card will be displayed in the log.
+
+The geography code corresponds to a regulatory domain as shown in the
+table below.
+
+ Supported channels
+Code Geography 802.11bg 802.11a
+
+--- Restricted 11 0
+ZZF Custom US/Canada 11 8
+ZZD Rest of World 13 0
+ZZA Custom USA & Europe & High 11 13
+ZZB Custom NA & Europe 11 13
+ZZC Custom Japan 11 4
+ZZM Custom 11 0
+ZZE Europe 13 19
+ZZJ Custom Japan 14 4
+ZZR Rest of World 14 0
+ZZH High Band 13 4
+ZZG Custom Europe 13 4
+ZZK Europe 13 24
+ZZL Europe 11 13
+
+
2. Ad-Hoc Networking
-----------------------------------------------
@@ -353,6 +384,15 @@ When configuring the mode of the adapter, all run-time configured parameters
are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes
channels, rates, ESSID, etc.
+3.2 iwconfig sens
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The 'iwconfig ethX sens XX' command will not set the signal sensitivity
+threshold, as described in iwconfig documentation, but rather the number
+of consecutive missed beacons that will trigger handover, i.e. roaming
+to another access point. At the same time, it will set the disassociation
+threshold to 3 times the given value.
+
4. About the Version Numbers
-----------------------------------------------
@@ -408,7 +448,7 @@ For general information and support, go to:
7. License
-----------------------------------------------
- Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright(c) 2003 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as