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28.Dd July 20, 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.Cd "device iwn6050fw"
55.Ed
56.Pp
57Or you can use
58.Bd -ragged -offset indent
59.Cd "device iwnfw"
60.Ed
61.Pp
62to include them all.
63.Pp
64Alternatively, to load the driver as a
65module at boot time, place the following lines in
66.Xr loader.conf 5 :
67.Bd -literal -offset indent
68if_iwn_load="YES"
69iwn4965fw_load="YES"
70iwn1000fw_load="YES"
71iwn5000fw_load="YES"
72iwn5150fw_load="YES"
73iwn6000fw_load="YES"
74iwn6050fw_load="YES"
75.Ed
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Nm
79driver provides support for
80.Tn Intel
81Wireless WiFi Link 4965, 1000, 5000 and 6000 series of
82PCI-Express network adapters.
83.Nm
84supports
85.Cm station ,
86.Cm adhoc ,
87and
88.Cm monitor
89mode operation.
90Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
91For more information on configuring this device, see
92.Xr ifconfig 8 .
93.Pp
94This driver requires the firmware built with the
95.Nm iwnfw
96module to work.
97.Sh EXAMPLES
98Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
99.Pp
100.Bd -literal -offset indent
101ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
102    netmask 0xffffff00
103.Ed
104.Pp
105Join a specific BSS network with network name
106.Dq Li my_net :
107.Pp
108.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
109.Pp
110Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
111.Bd -literal -offset indent
112ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
113	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
114.Ed
115.Pp
116Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
117.Bd -literal -offset indent
118ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
119    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
120.Ed
121.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
122.Bl -diag
123.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
124The driver will reset the hardware.
125This should not happen.
126.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
127The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
128The driver will reset the hardware.
129This should not happen.
130.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
131The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
132This should not happen.
133.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
134The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
135.Xr firmware 9
136subsystem.
137Verify the
138.Xr iwnfw 4
139firmware module is present.
140.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
141An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
142failed.
143This should not happen.
144.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
145An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
146This should not happen.
147.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
148An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
149failed.
150This should not happen.
151.El
152.Sh SEE ALSO
153.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
154.Xr pci 4 ,
155.Xr wlan 4 ,
156.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
157.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
158.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
159.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
160.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
161.Sh AUTHORS
162The original
163.Nm
164driver was written by
165.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr
166