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.Dd November 10, 2024
.Dt RTWN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rtwn
.Nd Realtek IEEE 802.11n/ac wireless network driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "options RTWN_DEBUG"
.Cd "options RTWN_WITHOUT_UCODE"
.Pp
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device rtwn"
.Cd "device rtwnfw"
.Cd "device rtwn_usb"
.Cd "device rtwn_pci"
.Cd "device wlan"
.Cd "device firmware"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place following lines in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
if_rtwn_pci_load="YES"
if_rtwn_usb_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for 802.11n/ac wireless network PHYs supplied by
.Xr rtwn_pci 4
and
.Xr rtwn_usb 4 .
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports
.Cm station ,
.Cm adhoc ,
.Cm hostap
and
.Cm monitor
mode operation.
There are no limitations for number of
.Cm monitor
mode
virtual interfaces; in addition to any other virtual interface
one
.Cm station
interface can be added (Note: RTL8821AU supports two non-monitor
mode interfaces at the same time).
.Pp
All chips have hardware support for WEP, AES-CCM and TKIP encryption.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver can be configured at runtime with
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports USB and PCI devices with the following chipsets:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
.It
Realtek 802.11n wireless 8188e (RTL8188E)
.It
Realtek 802.11n wireless 8192c (RTL8192C)
.It
Realtek 802.11n wireless 8192e (RTL8192E)
.It
Realtek 802.11ac wireless 8812a (RTL8812A)
.It
Realtek 802.11ac wireless 8821a (RTL8821A)
.El
.Pp
For specific devices, see
.Xr rtwn_pci 4
and
.Xr rtwn_usb 4 .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE" -compact
.It Pa /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE
.Nm
firmware license
.El
.Pp
The driver
.Pq if not compiled with Cd options RTWN_WITHOUT_UCODE
may use following firmware files,
which are loaded when an interface is brought up:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8188eefw.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8188eufw.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwE_B.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwE.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwT.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192cfwU.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8192eufw.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8812aufw.ko
.It Pa /boot/kernel/rtwn-rtl8821aufw.ko
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Join an existing BSS network (i.e., connect to an access point):
.Pp
.Dl ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 inet 192.0.2.20/24
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with network name
.Ar my_net :
.Pp
.Dl ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid my_net up
.Pp
Join a specific BSS network with 64-bit WEP encryption:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 ssid my_net \e
    wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 weptxkey 1 up
.Ed
.Pp
Create an IBSS network with 128-bit WEP encryption on the channel 4:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan create wlandev rtwn0 wlanmode adhoc ssid my_net \e
    wepmode on wepkey 0x01020304050607080910111213 weptxkey 1 \e
    channel 4
.Ed
.Pp
Join/create an 802.11b IBSS network with network name
.Ar my_net :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rtwn0 wlanmode adhoc
ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.0.2.20/24 ssid my_net mode 11b
.Ed
.Pp
Create a host-based access point:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rtwn0 wlanmode hostap
ifconfig wlan0 inet 192.0.2.20/24 ssid my_ap
.Ed
.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
Tunables can be set at the
.Xr loader 8
prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
.Xr loader.conf 5 .
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Va dev.rtwn.%d.hwcrypto
This tunable controls how key slots are assigned:
.Pp
0 - disable h/w crypto support.
Features that require access to frame contents (e.g., TCP/UDP/IP Rx
checksum validation) will not work;
.Pp
1 - use h/w crypto support for pairwise keys only;
.Pp
2 - use h/w crypto support for all keys; may not work for
multi-vap configurations.
.Pp
By default it is set to 1.
.It Va dev.rtwn.%d.ratectl
This tunable switches between rate control implementations:
.Pp
0 - no rate control;
.Pp
1 - driver sends 'tx complete' reports to net80211; algorithm
is controlled via net80211;
.Pp
2 - firmware-based rate control.
.Pp
By default it is set to 1; however driver may choose another
algorithm in case if it is not implemented
.Pp
Currently selected algorithm is reported via
.Va dev.rtwn.%d.ratectl_selected
read-only OID.
.It Va dev.rtwn.%d.rx_buf_size
(USB only) Controls size of temporary Rx buffer; smaller buffer size
may increase number of interrupts.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "rtwn%d: could not read efuse byte at address 0x%x"
.It "rtwn%d: %s: cannot read rom, error %d"
There was an error while reading ROM; device attach will be aborted.
This should not happen.
.It "rtwn%d: failed loadfirmware of file %s"
For some reason, the driver was unable to read the microcode file from the
filesystem.
The file might be missing or corrupted.
The driver will disable firmware-dependent features.
.It "rtwn%d: wrong firmware size (%zu)"
.It "rtwn%d: %s: failed to upload firmware %s (error %d)"
.It "rtwn%d: timeout waiting for firmware readiness"
Firmware upload failed; the file might be corrupted.
The driver will disable firmware-dependent features.
This should not happen.
.It "rtwn%d: device timeout"
A frame dispatched to the hardware for transmission did not complete in time.
The driver will reset the hardware.
This should not happen.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr rtwn_pci 4 ,
.Xr rtwn_usb 4 ,
.Xr rtwnfw 4 ,
.Xr wlan 4 ,
.Xr wlan_amrr 4 ,
.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
.Xr wlan_wep 4 ,
.Xr wlan_xauth 4 ,
.Xr networking 7 ,
.Xr hostapd 8 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr wpa_supplicant 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Cm urtwn
driver first appeared in
.Ox 4.9
and
.Fx 10.0 ;
the
.Nm
driver first appeared in
.Ox 5.8
and
.Fx 11.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was initially written by
.An -nosplit
.An Stefan Sperling Aq Mt stsp@openbsd.org
and ported by
.An Kevin Lo Aq Mt kevlo@freebsd.org .
It was based on the
.Cm urtwn
driver written by
.An Damien Bergamini Aq Mt damien.bergamini@free.fr .
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm
driver currently does not implement firmware-based rate control.