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16.\" $FreeBSD$
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18.Dd January 29, 2006
19.Os
20.Dt RAL 4
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm ral
23.Nd "Ralink Technology RT2500 IEEE 802.11 driver"
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25To compile this driver into the kernel,
26place the following lines in your
27kernel configuration file:
28.Bd -ragged -offset indent
29.Cd "device ral"
30.Cd "device wlan"
31.Ed
32.Pp
33Alternatively, to load the driver as a
34module at boot time, place the following line in
35.Xr loader.conf 5 :
36.Bd -literal -offset indent
37if_ral_load="YES"
38.Ed
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver supports PCI/CardBus wireless adapters based on the Ralink RT2500
43chipset.
44.Pp
45The RT2500 chipset consists of two integrated chips, a RT2560 MAC/BBP and a
46radio transceiver (the model of which depends on the card revision).
47.Pp
48The RT2522, RT2523, RT2524, RT2525, RT2525e and RT2526 radio transceivers
49operate in the 2.4GHz band (802.11b/g) whereas the RT5222 is a dual-band radio
50transceiver that can operate in the 2.4GHz and 5.2GHz bands (802.11a).
51.Pp
52The transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the
53driver depending on the received-signal strength and the number of transmission
54retries.
55.Sh HARDWARE
56The
57.Nm
58driver supports the following adapters:
59.Pp
60.Bl -column -compact ".Li Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" "Bus"
61.It Em Card Ta Em Bus
62.It Li "A-Link WL54H" Ta PCI
63.It Li "A-Link WL54PC" Ta CardBus
64.It Li "Amigo AWI-914W" Ta CardBus
65.It Li "Amigo AWI-922W" Ta mini-PCI
66.It Li "Amigo AWI-926W" Ta PCI
67.It Li "AMIT WL531C" Ta CardBus
68.It Li "AMIT WL531P" Ta PCI
69.It Li "AOpen AOI-831" Ta PCI
70.It Li "ASUS WL-107G" Ta CardBus
71.It Li "ASUS WL-130g" Ta PCI
72.It Li "Atlantis Land A02-PCI-W54" Ta PCI
73.It Li "Atlantis Land A02-PCM-W54" Ta CardBus
74.It Li "Belkin F5D7000 v3" Ta PCI
75.It Li "Belkin F5D7010 v2" Ta CardBus
76.It Li "Billionton MIWLGRL" Ta mini-PCI
77.It Li "Canyon CN-WF511" Ta PCI
78.It Li "Canyon CN-WF513" Ta CardBus
79.It Li "CC&C WL-2102" Ta CardBus
80.It Li "CNet CWC-854" Ta CardBus
81.It Li "CNet CWP-854" Ta PCI
82.It Li "Compex WL54G" Ta CardBus
83.It Li "Compex WLP54G" Ta PCI
84.It Li "Conceptronic C54RC" Ta CardBus
85.It Li "Conceptronic C54Ri" Ta PCI
86.It Li "Digitus DN-7001G-RA" Ta CardBus
87.It Li "Digitus DN-7006G-RA" Ta PCI
88.It Li "E-Tech WGPC02" Ta CardBus
89.It Li "E-Tech WGPI02" Ta PCI
90.It Li "Edimax EW-7108PCg" Ta CardBus
91.It Li "Edimax EW-7128g" Ta PCI
92.It Li "Eminent EM3036" Ta CardBus
93.It Li "Eminent EM3037" Ta PCI
94.It Li "Encore ENLWI-G-RLAM" Ta PCI
95.It Li "Encore ENPWI-G-RLAM" Ta CardBus
96.It Li "Fiberline WL-400P" Ta PCI
97.It Li "Fibreline WL-400X" Ta CardBus
98.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WIKG" Ta mini-PCI
99.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WMKG" Ta CardBus
100.It Li "Gigabyte GN-WPKG" Ta PCI
101.It Li "Hawking HWC54GR" Ta CardBus
102.It Li "Hawking HWP54GR" Ta PCI
103.It Li "iNexQ CR054g-009 (R03)" Ta PCI
104.It Li "JAHT WN-4054P" Ta CardBus
105.It Li "JAHT WN-4054PCI" Ta PCI
106.It Li "LevelOne WNC-0301 v2" Ta PCI
107.It Li "LevelOne WPC-0301 v2" Ta CardBus
108.It Li "Linksys WMP54G v4" Ta PCI
109.It Li "Micronet SP906GK" Ta PCI
110.It Li "Micronet SP908GK V3" Ta CardBus
111.It Li "Minitar MN54GCB-R" Ta CardBus
112.It Li "Minitar MN54GPC-R" Ta PCI
113.It Li "MSI CB54G2" Ta CardBus
114.It Li "MSI MP54G2" Ta mini-PCI
115.It Li "MSI PC54G2" Ta PCI
116.It Li "OvisLink EVO-W54PCI" Ta PCI
117.It Li "PheeNet HWL-PCIG/RA" Ta PCI
118.It Li "Pro-Nets CB80211G" Ta CardBus
119.It Li "Pro-Nets PC80211G" Ta PCI
120.It Li "Repotec RP-WB7108" Ta CardBus
121.It Li "Repotec RP-WP0854" Ta PCI
122.It Li "SATech SN-54C" Ta CardBus
123.It Li "SATech SN-54P" Ta PCI
124.It Li "Sitecom WL-112" Ta CardBus
125.It Li "Sitecom WL-115" Ta PCI
126.It Li "SparkLAN WL-685R" Ta CardBus
127.It Li "Surecom EP-9321-g" Ta PCI
128.It Li "Surecom EP-9321-g1" Ta PCI
129.It Li "Surecom EP-9428-g" Ta CardBus
130.It Li "Sweex LC500050" Ta CardBus
131.It Li "Sweex LC700030" Ta PCI
132.It Li "TekComm NE-9321-g" Ta PCI
133.It Li "TekComm NE-9428-g" Ta CardBus
134.It Li "Unex CR054g-R02" Ta PCI
135.It Li "Unex MR054g-R02" Ta CardBus
136.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G160" Ta CardBus
137.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G360" Ta mini-PCI
138.It Li "Zinwell ZWX-G361" Ta PCI
139.It Li "Zonet ZEW1500" Ta CardBus
140.It Li "Zonet ZEW1600" Ta PCI
141.El
142.Pp
143An up to date list can be found at
144.Pa http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ral/list.html .
145.Sh EXAMPLES
146Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
147.Pp
148.Dl "ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00"
149.Pp
150Join a specific BSS network with network name
151.Dq Li my_net :
152.Pp
153.Dl "ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net"
154.Pp
155Join a specific BSS network with 40-bit WEP encryption:
156.Bd -literal -offset indent
157ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
158    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1
159.Ed
160.Pp
161Join a specific BSS network with 104-bit WEP encryption:
162.Bd -literal -offset indent
163ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \e
164    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1
165.Ed
166.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
167.Bl -diag
168.It "ral%d: device timeout"
169The driver will reset the hardware.
170This should not happen.
171.El
172.Sh SEE ALSO
173.Xr arp 4 ,
174.Xr cardbus 4 ,
175.Xr netintro 4 ,
176.Xr pci 4 ,
177.Xr wlan 4 ,
178.Xr ifconfig 8
179.Rs
180.%T "Ralink Technology"
181.%O http://www.ralinktech.com/
182.Re
183.Sh HISTORY
184The
185.Nm
186driver first appeared in
187.Ox 3.7 .
188.Sh CAVEATS
189PCI
190.Nm
191adapters seem to require a PCI 2.2 compliant motherboard and will likely not
192work with PCI 2.1 only motherboard.
193.Sh AUTHORS
194The
195.Nm
196driver was written by
197.An Damien Bergamini Aq damien@FreeBSD.org .
198