Documentation fixes

Pavel Roskin proski
Mon Mar 31 09:58:23 PST 2003


Hello!

The attached patch documents "iwpriv wlan0 reset 3" and "iwpriv wlan0
reset 4".

It also mentions that RIDs for set_rid_word should be specified as
decimals.  The patch for Wireless Tools to recognize hexadecimal numbers
has been sent, but it will take time before the new version is released
and everybody upgrades.

Finally, a one-line reference to ptype and the meaning of the "ALC"
acronym have been added to prism2_param documentation and internal help
text.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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--- README.prism2
+++ README.prism2
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@
 	0: perform soft reset of the card
 	1: perform COR sreset (almost hardreset ;-)
 	2: perform port reset (disable and enable port 0)
+	3: disable port 0
+	4: enable port 0
 
 iwpriv wlan0 inquire <val>
 	use inquire command; debugging only
@@ -177,7 +179,8 @@
 	add/remove WDS links (see WDS below)
 
 iwpriv wlan0 set_rid_word <rid> <value>
-	debug command for setting RIDs
+	debug command for setting RIDs that are two bytes long; you may need
+	to specify RID and value in decimal format (i.e. 64512, not 0xFC00)
 
 iwpriv wlan0 maccmd <val>
 	0: open policy for ACL (default)
@@ -324,8 +327,8 @@
 	Following parameters are for debug use only;
 	do not use unless you are sure what you are doing!
 
-	ptype: port type
-	alc: 0=disabled ALC, 1=enable ALC
+	ptype: port type (0=IBSS, 1=BSS, 2=WDS, 3=PseudoIBSS, 6=HostAP)
+	alc: 0=disabled ALC, 1=enable ALC (automatic level control)
 	txpower: TX power (normally, 'iwconfig wlan# txpower <arg>' is used)
 
 
--- utils/prism2_param
+++ utils/prism2_param
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
 	Following parameters are for debug use only;
 	do not use unless you are sure what you are doing!
 
-	ptype: port type
-	alc: 0=disabled ALC, 1=enable ALC
+	ptype: port type (0=IBSS, 1=BSS, 2=WDS, 3=PseudoIBSS, 6=HostAP)
+	alc: 0=disabled ALC, 1=enable ALC (automatic level control)
 	txpower: TX power (normally, 'iwconfig wlan# txpower <arg>' is used)
 EOF
     exit 1;



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