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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2007 $ .Os .Dt IWN 4 .Sh NAME .Nm iwn .Nd "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N wireless network device" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "iwn* at pci?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for .Tn Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Mini PCI Express network adapters.
p These are the modes the .Nm driver can operate in: l -tag -width "IBSS-masterXX" t BSS mode Also known as .Em infrastructure mode, this is used when associating with an access point, through which all traffic passes. This mode is the default. t monitor mode In this mode the driver is able to receive packets without associating with an access point. This disables the internal receive filter and enables the card to capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. .El
p .Nm supports software WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard for wireless networks. It can be typically configured in one of three modes: no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption. Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the sole mechanism to secure wireless communication. WEP is not enabled by default.
p The device has one temperature sensor in degC. Sensor data is updated every 500 milliseconds. .Sh CONFIGURATION The .Nm driver can be configured at runtime with .Xr ifconfig 8 or on boot with .Xr hostname.if 5 using the following parameters: l -tag -width Ds t Cm bssid Ar bssid Set the desired BSSID. t Fl bssid Unset the desired BSSID. The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is the default. t Cm chan Ar n Set the channel (radio frequency) to be used by the driver based on the given channel ID .Ar n . t Fl chan Unset the desired channel to be used by the driver. The driver will automatically select a channel in this mode, which is the default. t Cm media Ar media The .Nm driver supports the following .Ar media types:
p l -tag -width autoselect -compact t Cm autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. .El t Cm mediaopt Ar opts The .Nm driver supports the following media options:
p l -tag -width monitor -compact t Cm monitor Select monitor mode. .El t Fl mediaopt Ar opts Disable the specified media options on the driver and return it to the default mode of operation (BSS). t Cm mode Ar mode The .Nm driver supports the following modes:
p l -tag -width 11b -compact t Cm 11a Force 802.11a operation. t Cm 11b Force 802.11b operation. t Cm 11g Force 802.11g operation. .El t Cm nwid Ar id Set the network ID. The .Ar id can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. An empty .Ar id string allows the interface to connect to any available access points. By default the .Nm driver uses an empty string. Note that network ID is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). t Fl nwid Set the network ID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect to any available access point. t Cm nwkey Ar key Enable WEP encryption using the specified .Ar key . The .Ar key can either be a string, a series of hexadecimal digits (preceded by .Sq 0x ) , or a set of keys of the form .Dq n:k1,k2,k3,k4 , where .Sq n specifies which of the keys will be used for transmitted packets, and the four keys, .Dq k1 through .Dq k4 , are configured as WEP keys. If a set of keys is specified, a comma
q Sq , within the key must be escaped with a backslash. Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within the network. .Nm is capable of using both 40-bit (5 characters or 10 hexadecimal digits) or 104-bit (13 characters or 26 hexadecimal digits) keys. t Fl nwkey Disable WEP encryption. This is the default mode of operation. .El .Sh FILES The driver needs at least version 4.44.1.18 of the following firmware file, which is loaded when an interface is brought up:
p l -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact t Pa /etc/firmware/iwn-4965agn .El
p This firmware file is not free because Intel refuses to grant distribution rights without contractual obligations. As a result, even though .Ox includes the driver, the firmware file cannot be included and users have to download this file on their own. The official person to state your views to about this issue is majid.awad@intel.com.
p A prepackaged version of the firmware, designed to be used with .Xr pkg_add 1 , can be found at: d -literal http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/packages/openbsd/iwn-firmware-4.44.1.18.tgz .Ed .Sh EXAMPLES The following .Xr hostname.if 5 example configures iwn0 to join whatever network is available on boot, using WEP key .Dq 0x1deadbeef1 , channel 11, obtaining an IP address using DHCP: d -literal -offset indent dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11 .Ed
p Configure iwn0 for WEP, using hex key .Dq 0x1deadbeef1 : d -literal -offset indent # ifconfig iwn0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 .Ed
p Return iwn0 to its default settings: d -literal -offset indent # ifconfig iwn0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e nwid "" -nwkey .Ed
p Join an existing BSS network, .Dq my_net : d -literal -offset indent # ifconfig iwn0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 nwid my_net .Ed .Sh DIAGNOSTICS l -diag t "iwn%d: device timeout" A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. t "iwn%d: fatal firmware error" For some reason, the firmware crashed. The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen. t "iwn%d: radio is disabled by hardware switch" The radio transmitter is off and thus no packet can go out. The driver will reset the hardware. Make sure the laptop radio switch is on. t "iwn%d: error %d, could not read firmware %s" For some reason, the driver was unable to read the firmware image from the filesystem. The file might be missing or corrupted. t "iwn%d: firmware file too short: %d bytes" The firmware image is corrupted and can't be loaded into the adapter. t "iwn%d: could not load firmware" An attempt to load the firmware into the adapter failed. The driver will reset the hardware. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_add 1 , .Xr arp 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr ifconfig 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@openbsd.org .