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28.Dd May 02, 2005
29.Os
30.Dt IWI 4
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwi
33.Nd Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG IEEE 802.11 driver
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Cd "device iwi"
36.Cd "device pci"
37.Cd "device wlan"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver provides support for
42.Tn Intel
43PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters.
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 iwicontrol 8
56from the IWI web page listed below to accomplish loading the firmware
57before
58.Xr ifconfig 8
59will work.
60.Sh EXAMPLES
61Join an existing BSS network (ie: connect to an access point):
62.Pp
63.Dl "ifconfig iwi0 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 iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
69.Pp
70Join a specific BSS network with 64 bits WEP encryption:
71.Bd -literal -offset indent
72ifconfig iwi0 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 128bits WEP encryption:
77.Bd -literal -offset indent
78ifconfig iwi0 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 "iwi%d: device timeout"
84The driver will reset the hardware. This should not happen.
85.It "iwi%d: Please load firmware"
86The required firmeware has not been loaded into the card, and therefore
87the card cannot operate.  Load the firmware with
88.Xr iwicontrol 8
89before proceeding.
90.El
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr an 4 ,
93.Xr ath 4 ,
94.Xr ipw 4 ,
95.Xr pci 4 ,
96.Xr wi 4 ,
97.Xr wlan 4 ,
98.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
99.Xr iwicontrol 8 ,
100.Xr wicontrol 8
101.Rs
102.%T The IWI Web Page
103.%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
104.Re
105.Sh AUTHORS
106The
107.Nm
108driver was written by
109.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@freebsd.org .
110