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28.Dd July 16, 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
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device iwi"
40.Cd "device pci"
41.Cd "device wlan"
42.Ed
43.Pp
44Alternatively, to load the driver as a
45module at boot time, place the following line in
46.Xr loader.conf 5 :
47.Bd -literal -offset indent
48if_iwi_load="YES"
49.Ed
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53driver provides support for
54.Tn Intel
55PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters.
56.Pp
57By default, the
58.Nm
59driver configures the adapter for BSS operation (aka infrastructure mode).
60This mode requires the use of an access point.
61.Pp
62For more information on configuring this device, see
63.Xr ifconfig 8 .
64.Pp
65This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work.
66You need to obtain
67.Xr iwicontrol 8
68from the IWI web page listed below to accomplish loading the firmware
69before
70.Xr ifconfig 8
71will work.
72.Sh EXAMPLES
73Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
74.Pp
75.Dl "ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
76.Pp
77Join a specific BSS network with network name
78.Dq Li my_net :
79.Pp
80.Dl "ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
81.Pp
82Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
83.Bd -literal -offset indent
84ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
85    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890
86.Ed
87.Pp
88Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
89.Bd -literal -offset indent
90ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
91    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213
92.Ed
93.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
94.Bl -diag
95.It "iwi%d: device timeout"
96The driver will reset the hardware.
97This should not happen.
98.It "iwi%d: Please load firmware"
99The required firmware has not been loaded into the card, and therefore
100the card cannot operate.
101Load the firmware with
102.Xr iwicontrol 8
103before proceeding.
104.El
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr an 4 ,
107.Xr ath 4 ,
108.Xr ipw 4 ,
109.Xr pci 4 ,
110.Xr wi 4 ,
111.Xr wlan 4 ,
112.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
113.Xr iwicontrol 8 ,
114.Xr wicontrol 8
115.Rs
116.%T The IWI Web Page
117.%O http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/
118.Re
119.Sh AUTHORS
120The
121.Nm
122driver was written by
123.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
124