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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/ipw.4 148220 2005-07-21 05:02:39Z trhodes $
.Dd July 16, 2005 .Os .Dt IPW 4 .Sh NAME .Nm ipw .Nd "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile support for the .Xr ipw 4 driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device ipw" .Cd "device pci" .Cd "device wlan" .Ed
p Alternatively, to load the .Xr ipw 4 driver at boot time, place the following lines in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent if_ipw_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for the .Tn Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
p By default, the .Nm driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode). This mode requires the use of an access point.
p For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 .
p This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. You need to obtain .Xr ipwcontrol 8 from the IPW web page listed below to accomplish loading the firmware before .Xr ifconfig 8 will work. .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
p .Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
p Join a specific BSS network with network name .Dq Li my_net :
p .Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
p Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption: d -literal -offset indent ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 .Ed
p Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption: d -literal -offset indent ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 .Ed .Sh DIAGNOSTICS l -diag t "ipw%d: device timeout" The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. t "ipw%d: Please load firmware" The required firmware has not been loaded into the card, and therefore the card cannot operate. Load the firmware with .Xr ipwcontrol 8 before proceeding. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr an 4 , .Xr ath 4 , .Xr iwi 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr wi 4 , .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr ipwcontrol 8 , .Xr wicontrol 8 .Rs .%T The IPW Web Page .%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ .Re .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver was written by .An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .