New file added for wireless extensions.

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+wireless extensions for linux-wlan-ng 
+version 0.0.4
+
+COPYRIGHT
+---------
+This application is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
+
+This application is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111 USA.  
+
+Note: 
+Please have a look at https://www.wavehan.de/www/projekte/prism2/COPYING
+or http://www.gnu.org/ for the complete GNU GPL 2.0 License
+
+ABOUT
+-----
+	NOTE: This is not a part of the linux-wlan-ng project, yet.
+ 
+	Wireless Tools 10+ compatibility for linux-wlan-ng based on
+	code of wlancfg and orinoco_cs. It should be possible to have
+	a full- featured, enhanced replacement of the kernel- wireless
+	drivers without loosing the compatibility to common interfaces
+	like /proc/net/wireless and iwconfig. 
+
+STATE
+-----
+	- /proc/net/wireless support works
+
+	Examples:
+
+	A PrismII- card: 
+	---
+	Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets
+ 	 face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   misc
+ 	 wlan0: 0000   64.  111.    0.       0      0      0
+	---	
+
+	A PrismII- card in ap- mode:
+	--- 
+	Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets
+ 	 face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   misc
+ 	 wlan0: 0001    0.    0.    0.       0      0      0
+	---
+
+
+	- wireless extension ioctls support works 
+
+	currently supported ioctls:
+	SIOCGIWNAME  /* get name == wireless protocol */	
+	SIOCSIWFREQ  /* set channel/frequency */
+	SIOCGIWFREQ  /* get frequency */
+	SIOCGIWMODE  /* get operation mode */
+	SIOCGIWAP    /* get access point MAC addresses */
+	SIOCGIWESSID /* get ESSID */	
+	SIOCGIWNICKN /* get node name/nickname */
+	SIOCGIWPRIV  /* get private ioctls for iwpriv. This is
+			not necessary and not implemented but
+			i'll return a useless dummy for
+			demonstration. */ 
+
+	Example:
+	
+	A PrismII- card:
+	---
+	# iwconfig wlan0
+	wlan0     IEEE 802.11-b  ESSID:"non-spec"  Nickname:"reyk"
+          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
+          Link Quality:0  Signal level:27  Noise level:27
+          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0
+	---
+	
+TODO
+----
+	- testing and debugging
+	- implementation of new stats from Wireless Extensions version
+	  >= 12  
+	- implementation of more wireless extension- ioctls:
+		- set essid
+		- set nick
+		- ...
+	- ...
+	- Hermes (Lucent) support?
+
+
+CONTACT
+-------
+	Reyk Floeter <reyk@synack.de>, https://reyk.synack.de/
+	GnuPG key fingerprint:
+	5B32 5DF9 0281 0F4D 44A7  567A 0141 6092 729F 899D
+
+	Project Homepage:
+ 	https://www.wavehan.de/projekte/prism2/
+	
+	CVS:
+	[disfunct]
+
+THANKS
+------
+	Special thanks to 
+		Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>,
+		Mark S. Mathews <mark@linux-wlan.com> and
+		Alessandro <alex@server.mycity.it>
+	for support and useful hints.
+	
+END ;-)
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