A full outline of the wireless configuration file with description of each field:
\begin{Verbatim}
-config wifi-device wifi device name
- option type broadcom, atheros, mac80211
- option country us, uk, fr, de, etc.
- option channel 1-14
- option maxassoc 1-128 (broadcom only)
- option distance 1-n
+config wifi-device wifi device name
+ option type broadcom, atheros, mac80211
+ option country us, uk, fr, de, etc.
+ option channel 1-14
+ option maxassoc 1-128 (broadcom only)
+ option distance 1-n
option agmode 11b, 11g, 11a, 11bg (atheros only)
+ option rxantenna 0,1,2 (atheros, broadcom)
+ option txantenna 0,1,2 (atheros, broadcom)
config wifi-iface
option network the interface you want wifi to bridge with
option device wifi0, wifi1, wifi2, wifiN
option mode ap, sta, adhoc, monitor, or wds
+ option txpower transmission power in dBm
option ssid ssid name
option bssid bssid address
option encryption none, wep, psk, psk2, wpa, wpa2
\item \texttt{diversity} \\
Optional: Enable diversity for the Wi-Fi device. This feature is supported only on the atheros chipset.
- \item \texttt{rxanteanna} \\
- Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for reception. This feature is supported only on the atheros chipset.
+ \item \texttt{rxantenna} \\
+ Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for reception. This feature is supported by atheros and some broadcom chipsets.
- \item \texttt{txanteanna} \\
- Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for emission. This feature is supported only on the atheros chipset.
+ \item \texttt{txantenna} \\
+ Optional: Antenna identifier (0, 1 or 2) for emission. This feature is supported by atheros and some broadcom chipsets.
\end{itemize}
\item \texttt{bssid}
Set the BSSID address to be used for wds to set the mac address of the other wds unit.
+ \item \texttt{txpower}
+ Set the transmission power to be used. The amount is specified in dBm.
+
\item \texttt{encryption} \\
Encryption setting. Accepts the following values:
config_get vifs "$device" vifs
config_get distance "$device" distance
config_get slottime "$device" slottime
- config_get rxant "$device" rxant
- config_get txant "$device" txant
+ config_get rxantenna "$device" rxantenna
+ config_get txantenna "$device" txantenna
config_get_bool frameburst "$device" frameburst
config_get macfilter "$device" macfilter
config_get maclist "$device" maclist
- local vif_pre_up vif_post_up vif_do_up
+ local vif_pre_up vif_post_up vif_do_up txpower
_c=0
nas="$(which nas)"
esac
for vif in $vifs; do
+ config_get txpower "$vif" txpower
+
config_get mode "$vif" mode
append vif_pre_up "vif $_c" "$N"
append vif_post_up "vif $_c" "$N"
${wet:+wet 1}
802.11d 0
802.11h 0
-rxant ${rxant:-3}
-txant ${txant:-3}
+rxant ${rxantenna:-3}
+txant ${txantenna:-3}
monitor ${monitor:-0}
passive ${passive:-0}
wlc stdin <<EOF
$vif_do_up
EOF
+ [ -z "$txpower" ] || iwconfig $device txpower ${txpower}dBm
+
eval "$nas_cmd"
}