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28.Dd February 9, 2014
29.Dt IWN 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwn
33.Nd Intel IEEE 802.11n wireless network 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 iwn"
40.Cd "device pci"
41.Cd "device wlan"
42.Cd "device firmware"
43.Ed
44.Pp
45You also need to select a firmware for your device.
46Choose one from:
47.Bd -ragged -offset indent
48.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
49.Cd "device iwn2000fw"
50.Cd "device iwn2030fw"
51.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
52.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
53.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
54.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
55.Cd "device iwn6000g2afw"
56.Cd "device iwn6000g2bfw"
57.Cd "device iwn6050fw"
58.Ed
59.Pp
60Or you can use
61.Bd -ragged -offset indent
62.Cd "device iwnfw"
63.Ed
64.Pp
65to include them all.
66.Pp
67Alternatively, to load the driver as a
68module at boot time, place the following lines in
69.Xr loader.conf 5 :
70.Bd -literal -offset indent
71if_iwn_load="YES"
72iwn1000fw_load="YES"
73iwn2000fw_load="YES"
74iwn2030fw_load="YES"
75iwn4965fw_load="YES"
76iwn5000fw_load="YES"
77iwn5150fw_load="YES"
78iwn6000fw_load="YES"
79iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
80iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
81iwn6050fw_load="YES"
82.Ed
83.Sh DESCRIPTION
84The
85.Nm
86driver provides support for:
87.Pp
88.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
89.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
90.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
91.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230
92.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
93.It Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
94.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100
95.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130
96.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
97.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030
98.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200
99.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230
100.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 4965
101.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 5100
102.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6150
103.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6200
104.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6250
105.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6250
106.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
107.It Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
108.It Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965
109.It Intel WiFi Link 5100
110.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
111.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350
112.El
113.Pp
114.Nm
115supports
116.Cm station
117and
118.Cm monitor
119mode operation.
120Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
121For more information on configuring this device, see
122.Xr ifconfig 8 .
123.Pp
124This driver requires the firmware built with the
125.Nm iwnfw
126module to work.
127.Sh EXAMPLES
128Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
129.Bd -literal -offset indent
130ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
131    netmask 0xffffff00
132.Ed
133.Pp
134Join a specific BSS network with network name
135.Dq Li my_net :
136.Pp
137.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
138.Pp
139Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
140.Bd -literal -offset indent
141ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
142	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
143.Ed
144.Pp
145Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
146.Bd -literal -offset indent
147ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
148    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
149.Ed
150.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
151.Bl -diag
152.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
153The driver will reset the hardware.
154This should not happen.
155.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
156The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
157The driver will reset the hardware.
158This should not happen.
159.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
160The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
161This should not happen.
162.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
163The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
164.Xr firmware 9
165subsystem.
166Verify the
167.Xr iwnfw 4
168firmware module is present.
169.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
170An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
171failed.
172This should not happen.
173.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
174An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
175This should not happen.
176.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
177An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
178failed.
179This should not happen.
180.El
181.Sh SEE ALSO
182.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
183.Xr pci 4 ,
184.Xr wlan 4 ,
185.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
186.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
187.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
188.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
189.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
190.Sh AUTHORS
191The original
192.Nm
193driver was written by
194.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
195