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.Dd October 17, 2009 .Dt URTW 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm urtw .Nd Realtek RTL8187B/L USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device ehci" .Cd "device uhci" .Cd "device ohci" .Cd "device usb" .Cd "device urtw" .Cd "device wlan" .Ed
p Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent if_urtw_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver supports USB 802.11b/g wireless adapters based on the Realtek RTL8187B/L.
p .Nm supports .Cm station and .Cm monitor mode operation. Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time. For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports Realtek RTL8187B/L based wireless network devices, including:
p l -column "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20" "RTL8225" "USB" -compact -offset 6n t Em "Card Radio Bus" t "Belkin F5D7050E RTL8225 USB" t "Linksys WUSB54GCv2 RTL8225 USB" t "Netgear WG111v2 RTL8225 USB" t "Netgear WG111v3 RTL8225 USB" t "Safehome WLG-1500SMA5 RTL8225 USB" t "Shuttle XPC Accessory PN20 RTL8225 USB" t "Sitecom WL168v1 RTL8225 USB" t "Sitecom WL168v4 RTL8225 USB" t "SureCom EP-9001-g(2A) RTL8225 USB" t "TRENDnet TEW-424UB V3.xR RTL8225 USB" .El .Sh EXAMPLES Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point): d -literal -offset indent ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e netmask 0xffffff00 .Ed
p Join a specific BSS network with network name .Dq Li my_net :
p .Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net up"
p Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption: d -literal -offset indent ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 ssid my_net \e wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr usb 4 , .Xr wlan 4 , .Xr wlan_ccmp 4 , .Xr wlan_tkip 4 , .Xr wlan_wep 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr wpa_supplicant 8 .Rs .%T Realtek .%U http://www.realtek.com.tw .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device driver first appeared in .Fx 8.0 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An Weongyo Jeong Aq Mt weongyo@FreeBSD.org .