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28.Dd May 2, 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
35.Cd "device ipw"
36.Cd "device pci"
37.Cd "device wlan"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver provides support for the
42.Tn Intel
43PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI network adapter.
44.Pp
45By default, the
46.Nm
47driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
48This mode requires the use of an access point.
49.Pp
50For more information on configuring this device, see
51.Xr ifconfig 8 .
52.Pp
53This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
54You need to obtain
55.Xr ipwcontrol 8
56from the IPW web page listed below to accomplish loading the firmware
57before
58.Xr ifconfig 8
59will work.
60.Sh EXAMPLES
61Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
62.Pp
63.Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
64.Pp
65Join a specific BSS network with network name
66.Dq Li my_net :
67.Pp
68.Dl "ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
69.Pp
70Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
71.Bd -literal -offset indent
72ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
73    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890
74.Ed
75.Pp
76Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
77.Bd -literal -offset indent
78ifconfig ipw0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
79    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213
80.Ed
81.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
82.Bl -diag
83.It "ipw%d: device timeout"
84The driver will reset the hardware.
85This should not happen.
86.It "ipw%d: Please load firmware"
87The required firmware has not been loaded into the card, and therefore
88the card cannot operate.
89Load the firmware with
90.Xr ipwcontrol 8
91before proceeding.
92.El
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr an 4 ,
95.Xr ath 4 ,
96.Xr iwi 4 ,
97.Xr pci 4 ,
98.Xr wi 4 ,
99.Xr wlan 4 ,
100.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
101.Xr ipwcontrol 8 ,
102.Xr wicontrol 8
103.Rs
104.%T The IPW Web Page
105.%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
106.Re
107.Sh AUTHORS
108The
109.Nm
110driver was written by
111.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
112