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28.Dd February 8, 2010
29.Dt IWN 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm iwn
33.Nd Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965/1000/5000/5150/5300/6000/6050
34IEEE 802.11n driver
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36To compile this driver into the kernel,
37include the following lines in your
38kernel configuration file:
39.Bd -ragged -offset indent
40.Cd "device iwn"
41.Cd "device pci"
42.Cd "device wlan"
43.Cd "device firmware"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46You also need to select a firmware for your device.
47Choose one from:
48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd "device iwn4965fw"
50.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
51.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
52.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
53.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
54.Ed
55.Pp
56Or you can use
57.Bd -ragged -offset indent
58.Cd "device iwnfw"
59.Ed
60.Pp
61to include them all.
62.Pp
63Alternatively, to load the driver as a
64module at boot time, place the following lines in
65.Xr loader.conf 5 :
66.Bd -literal -offset indent
67if_iwn_load="YES"
68iwn4965fw_load="YES"
69iwn1000fw_load="YES"
70iwn5000fw_load="YES"
71iwn5150fw_load="YES"
72iwn6000fw_load="YES"
73.Ed
74.Sh DESCRIPTION
75The
76.Nm
77driver provides support for
78.Tn Intel
79Wireless WiFi Link 4965, 1000, 5000 and 6000 series of
80PCI-Express network adapters.
81.Nm
82supports
83.Cm station ,
84.Cm adhoc ,
85and
86.Cm monitor
87mode operation.
88Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
89For more information on configuring this device, see
90.Xr ifconfig 8 .
91.Pp
92This driver requires the firmware built with the
93.Nm iwnfw
94module to work.
95.Sh EXAMPLES
96Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
97.Pp
98.Bd -literal -offset indent
99ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
100    netmask 0xffffff00
101.Ed
102.Pp
103Join a specific BSS network with network name
104.Dq Li my_net :
105.Pp
106.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
107.Pp
108Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
109.Bd -literal -offset indent
110ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
111	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
112.Ed
113.Pp
114Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
115.Bd -literal -offset indent
116ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
117    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
118.Ed
119.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
120.Bl -diag
121.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
122The driver will reset the hardware.
123This should not happen.
124.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
125The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
126The driver will reset the hardware.
127This should not happen.
128.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
129The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
130This should not happen.
131.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
132The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
133.Xr firmware 9
134subsystem.
135Verify the
136.Xr iwnfw 4
137firmware module is present.
138.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
139An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
140failed.
141This should not happen.
142.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
143An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
144This should not happen.
145.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
146An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
147failed.
148This should not happen.
149.El
150.Sh SEE ALSO
151.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
152.Xr pci 4 ,
153.Xr wlan 4 ,
154.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
155.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
156.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
157.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
158.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
159.Sh AUTHORS
160The original
161.Nm
162driver was written by
163.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr
164