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docs:guide-user:network:wifi:wireless.overview [2023/02/06 08:19] – [Regulation in law] update broken link zetagodocs:guide-user:network:wifi:wireless.overview [2023/06/22 22:24] – [Wireless Drivers in OpenWrt] Grammar and capitalization memicinn19
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 ====== Wireless overview ====== ====== Wireless overview ======
 This article deals with 802.11 wireless. OpenWrt supports other wireless devices too, see This article deals with 802.11 wireless. OpenWrt supports other wireless devices too, see
-[[docs:guide-user:hardware:bluetooth:start|Bluetooth]], 802.15.4 ([[https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/45348|r45348]]) or RTL-SDR ([[http://blog.y3xz.com/blog/2014/04/24/feeding-data-to-flightradar24-dot-com/|RTL-SDR on TL-WR703n]])+[[docs:guide-user:hardware:bluetooth:start|Bluetooth]], 802.15.4 ([[https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/45348|r45348]]) or RTL-SDR ([[https://yuv.al/blog/feeding-data-to-flightradar24-dot-com/|RTL-SDR on TL-WR703n]])
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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 ==== Regulation in law ==== ==== Regulation in law ====
-Available FrequenciesBands and Channels are subject to regulation in each state.+Available frequenciesbands and channels are subject to regulation in each state.
 Please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/tree/db.txt Please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sforshee/wireless-regdb.git/tree/db.txt
  
  
 ===== Wireless Drivers in OpenWrt ===== ===== Wireless Drivers in OpenWrt =====
-Wireless drivers are pulled on a more or less regularly basis from [[http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-testing.git/|wireless-testing]] and the OpenWrt-patches which are not mainlined yet are adjusted, see e.g. [[https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/36939/trunk|r36939]]. +Wireless drivers are pulled on a more or less regular basis from [[http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-testing.git/|wireless-testing]] and the OpenWrt patches which are not mainlined yet are adjusted, see e.g. [[https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/36939/trunk|r36939]]. 
-OpenWrt does not use Kernel drivers. The package is called mac80211.+OpenWrt does not use kernel drivers. The package is called mac80211.
   * [[https://dev.openwrt.org/log/trunk/package/kernel/mac80211|history of commits to OpenWrt trunk regarding mac80211]]   * [[https://dev.openwrt.org/log/trunk/package/kernel/mac80211|history of commits to OpenWrt trunk regarding mac80211]]
   * [[https://dev.openwrt.org/search?ticket=on&q=mac80211|tickets on mac80211]], better is a custom query in [[wp>Trac]]: e.g. [[https://dev.openwrt.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&description=~mac80211&max=20&order=priority|custom query]]   * [[https://dev.openwrt.org/search?ticket=on&q=mac80211|tickets on mac80211]], better is a custom query in [[wp>Trac]]: e.g. [[https://dev.openwrt.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&description=~mac80211&max=20&order=priority|custom query]]
  
-Similar work (brand new drivers for older Kernel) is done by the [[https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page|backports]] project [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-backports&m=136490878702448|April 2013 announcement]], previously called compat-wireless or compat-driver. OpenWrt does not use this, despite referencing it by name.+Similar work (brand new drivers for older kernel) is done by the [[https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page|backports]] project [[http://marc.info/?l=linux-backports&m=136490878702448|April 2013 announcement]], previously called compat-wireless or compat-driver. OpenWrt does not use this, despite referencing it by name.
  
 ===== Wireless Utilities in OpenWrt ===== ===== Wireless Utilities in OpenWrt =====
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 | iw                |   32.100 | cfg80211 interface configuration utility  | | iw                |   32.100 | cfg80211 interface configuration utility  |
 | wireless-tools    |   23.153 | Contains ''[[man>iwconfig]]'', ''[[man>iwlist]]'' and ''[[man>iwpriv]]''; tools for configuring wireless adapters implementing the WExt.  | | wireless-tools    |   23.153 | Contains ''[[man>iwconfig]]'', ''[[man>iwlist]]'' and ''[[man>iwpriv]]''; tools for configuring wireless adapters implementing the WExt.  |
-| crda              |    9.627 | The [[http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA|Central Regulatory Domain Agent]] serves one purpose: tell Linux kernel what to enforce. In essence it is a udev helper for communication between the kernel and userspace. You only need to run this manually for debugging purposes. For manual changing of regulatory domains use iw (''iw reg set'') or wpa-supplicant (feature yet to be added).  |+| crda              |    9.627 | The [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/crda|Central Regulatory Domain Agent]] serves one purpose: tell Linux kernel what to enforce. In essence it is a udev helper for communication between the kernel and userspace. You only need to run this manually for debugging purposes. For manual changing of regulatory domains use iw (''iw reg set'') or wpa-supplicant (feature yet to be added).  |
 | libnl-tiny        |   13.529 | This package contains a stripped down version of libnl  | | libnl-tiny        |   13.529 | This package contains a stripped down version of libnl  |
  
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