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26.\" $FreeBSD$
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28.Dd July 16, 2005
29.Os
30.Dt IPW 4
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm ipw
33.Nd "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11 driver"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile support for the
36.Xr ipw 4
37driver into your kernel, place the following lines in your
38kernel configuration file:
39.Bd -ragged -offset indent
40.Cd "device ipw"
41.Cd "device pci"
42.Cd "device wlan"
43.Ed
44.Pp
45Alternatively, to load the
46.Xr ipw 4
47driver at boot time, place the following lines in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50if_ipw_load="YES"
51wlan_load="YES"
52.Ed
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides support for the
57.Tn Intel
58PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
59.Pp
60By default, the
61.Nm
62driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
63This mode requires the use of an access point.
64.Pp
65For more information on configuring this device, see
66.Xr ifconfig 8 .
67.Pp
68This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
69You need to obtain
70.Xr ipwcontrol 8
71from the IPW web page listed below to accomplish loading the firmware
72before
73.Xr ifconfig 8
74will work.
75.Sh EXAMPLES
76Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
77.Pp
78.Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
79.Pp
80Join a specific BSS network with network name
81.Dq Li my_net :
82.Pp
83.Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
84.Pp
85Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
86.Bd -literal -offset indent
87ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
88    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890
89.Ed
90.Pp
91Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
92.Bd -literal -offset indent
93ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
94    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213
95.Ed
96.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
97.Bl -diag
98.It "ipw%d: device timeout"
99The driver will reset the hardware.
100This should not happen.
101.It "ipw%d: Please load firmware"
102The required firmware has not been loaded into the card, and therefore
103the card cannot operate.
104Load the firmware with
105.Xr ipwcontrol 8
106before proceeding.
107.El
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr an 4 ,
110.Xr ath 4 ,
111.Xr iwi 4 ,
112.Xr pci 4 ,
113.Xr wi 4 ,
114.Xr wlan 4 ,
115.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
116.Xr ipwcontrol 8 ,
117.Xr wicontrol 8
118.Rs
119.%T The IPW Web Page
120.%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
121.Re
122.Sh AUTHORS
123The
124.Nm
125driver was written by
126.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
127