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28.Dd April 13, 2008
29.Dt IWI 4
30.Os
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,
36include the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device iwi"
40.Cd "device iwifw"
41.Cd "device pci"
42.Cd "device wlan"
43.Cd "device firmware"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50if_iwi_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Pp
53In both cases, place the following line in
54.Xr loader.conf 5
55to acknowledge the firmware license (see below):
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
58.Ed
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides support for
63.Tn Intel
64PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG MiniPCI and 2225BG PCI network adapters.
65.Nm
66supports
67.Cm station ,
68.Cm adhoc ,
69and
70.Cm monitor
71mode operation.
72Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
73For more information on configuring this device, see
74.Xr ifconfig 8 .
75.Pp
76This driver requires the firmware built with the
77.Nm iwifw
78module to work.
79For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
80.Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE
81must be agreed by adding the following line to
82.Xr loader.conf 5 :
83.Pp
84.Dl "legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1"
85.Sh FILES
86.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE" -compact
87.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE
88.Nm
89firmware license
90.El
91.Sh EXAMPLES
92Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
93.Bd -literal -offset indent
94ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
95    netmask 0xffffff00
96.Ed
97.Pp
98Join a specific BSS network with network name
99.Dq Li my_net :
100.Pp
101.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net up"
102.Pp
103Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
104.Bd -literal -offset indent
105ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net \e
106	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
107.Ed
108.Pp
109Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
110.Bd -literal -offset indent
111ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
112    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
113.Ed
114.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
115.Bl -diag
116.It "iwi%d: device timeout"
117The driver will reset the hardware.
118This should not happen.
119.It "iwi%d: firmware error"
120The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
121The driver will reset the hardware.
122This should not happen.
123.It "iwi%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
124The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
125This should not happen.
126.It "iwi%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
127The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
128.Xr firmware 9
129subsystem.
130Verify the
131.Xr iwifw 4
132firmware module is installed and the license agreement
133.Xr loader 8
134tunable has been set.
135.It "iwi%d: could not load boot firmware"
136An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
137failed.
138This should not happen.
139.It "iwi%d: could not load microcode"
140An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
141This should not happen.
142.It "iwi%d: could not load main firmware"
143An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
144failed.
145This should not happen.
146.El
147.Sh SEE ALSO
148.Xr iwifw 4 ,
149.Xr pci 4 ,
150.Xr wlan 4 ,
151.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
152.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
153.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
154.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
155.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
156.Sh AUTHORS
157The original
158.Nm
159driver was written by
160.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr .
161