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28.Dd March 27, 2012
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 iwn4965fw"
49.Cd "device iwn1000fw"
50.Cd "device iwn5000fw"
51.Cd "device iwn5150fw"
52.Cd "device iwn6000fw"
53.Cd "device iwn6000g2afw"
54.Cd "device iwn6000g2bfw"
55.Cd "device iwn6050fw"
56.Ed
57.Pp
58Or you can use
59.Bd -ragged -offset indent
60.Cd "device iwnfw"
61.Ed
62.Pp
63to include them all.
64.Pp
65Alternatively, to load the driver as a
66module at boot time, place the following lines in
67.Xr loader.conf 5 :
68.Bd -literal -offset indent
69if_iwn_load="YES"
70iwn4965fw_load="YES"
71iwn1000fw_load="YES"
72iwn5000fw_load="YES"
73iwn5150fw_load="YES"
74iwn6000fw_load="YES"
75iwn6000g2afw_load="YES"
76iwn6000g2bfw_load="YES"
77iwn6050fw_load="YES"
78.Ed
79.Sh DESCRIPTION
80The
81.Nm
82driver provides support for:
83.Pp
84.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
85.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200
86.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
87.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230
88.It Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
89.It Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
90.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 130
91.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000
92.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1030
93.It Intel Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
94.It Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
95.It Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965
96.It Intel WiFi Link 5100
97.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
98.It Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350
99.El
100.Pp
101.Nm
102supports
103.Cm station ,
104.Cm adhoc ,
105and
106.Cm monitor
107mode operation.
108Only one virtual interface may be configured at any time.
109For more information on configuring this device, see
110.Xr ifconfig 8 .
111.Pp
112This driver requires the firmware built with the
113.Nm iwnfw
114module to work.
115.Sh EXAMPLES
116Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
117.Bd -literal -offset indent
118ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 inet 192.168.0.20 \e
119    netmask 0xffffff00
120.Ed
121.Pp
122Join a specific BSS network with network name
123.Dq Li my_net :
124.Pp
125.Dl "ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net up"
126.Pp
127Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
128.Bd -literal -offset indent
129ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 ssid my_net \e
130	wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
131.Ed
132.Pp
133Join a specific BSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption:
134.Bd -literal -offset indent
135ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
136    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
137.Ed
138.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
139.Bl -diag
140.It "iwn%d: device timeout"
141The driver will reset the hardware.
142This should not happen.
143.It "iwn%d: firmware error"
144The onboard microcontroller crashed for some reason.
145The driver will reset the hardware.
146This should not happen.
147.It "iwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete"
148The onboard microcontroller failed to initialize in time.
149This should not happen.
150.It "iwn%d: could not load firmware image '%s'"
151The driver failed to load the firmware image using the
152.Xr firmware 9
153subsystem.
154Verify the
155.Xr iwnfw 4
156firmware module is present.
157.It "iwn%d: could not load boot firmware"
158An attempt to upload the boot firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
159failed.
160This should not happen.
161.It "iwn%d: could not load microcode"
162An attempt to upload the microcode image to the onboard microcontroller failed.
163This should not happen.
164.It "iwn%d: could not load main firmware"
165An attempt to upload the main firmware image to the onboard microcontroller
166failed.
167This should not happen.
168.El
169.Sh SEE ALSO
170.Xr iwnfw 4 ,
171.Xr pci 4 ,
172.Xr wlan 4 ,
173.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
174.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
175.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
176.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
177.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
178.Sh AUTHORS
179The original
180.Nm
181driver was written by
182.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien.bergamini@free.fr .
183