1.\" Copyright (c) 2004 2.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice unmodified, this list of conditions, and the following 9.\" disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD$ 27.\" 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