RAY(4)

📦 version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this is RAY(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and the main character is ray — Raytheon Raylink / WebGear Aviator IEEE 802.11 2Mbps Wireless. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

The config lines are literally:

ray* at pcmcia? function ?
options RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_DEFAULT=RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_USA

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The ray device driver supports the Raytheon Raylink and Aviator 2.4/PRO 802.11 FH 2Mbps wireless PCMCIA cards. 🦋 These cards can be operated in either ad-hoc or infrastructure modes. The operating mode is selectable with ifconfig(8) through a media option. periodt.

To communicate with other 802.11 cards, a common network id or NWID must be specified on each station that wishes to participate in the shared wireless network. The NWID can be set with ifconfig(8). iykyk 💅

The device uses IEEE 802.11 standard Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum signaling and operates in the ranges of 2.400 to 2.4835 Gigahertz. This frequency range is further restricted by country according to that country's regulations. Currently the ray driver defaults to using the ranges appropriate for the USA. To change this setting you must define the kernel option RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_DEFAULT to one of the following values:

  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_USA
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_EUROPE
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_JAPAN
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_KOREA
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_SPAIN
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_FRANCE
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_ISRAEL
  • RAY_PID_COUNTRY_CODE_AUSTRALIA

The output power of the transceiver is 100mW and the card's power consumption is 365 mA @ 5 volts. The transmission range in open air (line of sight) is a maximum of 1000 feet (or ~304 meters), and indoors (i.e., with obstructions) it is a maximum of 500 feet (152 meters). 💀 that is a lot of feet, bestie.

🔥 HARDWARE 🔥

Cards supported by the ray driver include:

  • WebGear Aviator 2.4
  • WebGear Aviator PRO
  • Raytheon Raylink WLAN

🩺 DIAGNOSTICS 🩺

If you see this:

ray0: card failed self test: status x

that indicates the card has failed its initial startup tests. 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

ifmedia(4), intro(4), pcmcia(4), ifconfig(8) — go read, bestie. 📚✨

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

The ray driver first appeared in NetBSD 1.5. iconic. 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

The ray driver was written by Christian E. Hopps ⟨chopps@NetBSD.org⟩. 🫶

💀 BUGS 💀

Currently the infrastructure mode is untested, and authentication using WEP is unimplemented. so yeah, that is the tea. 🍓

that's the whole RAY(4) page, bestie — source/version: Debian, dated January 24, 2000, and the manual name is RAY(4). mwah 💋🎀

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