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32.Dd January 24, 2017
33.Dt RTWN_USB 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm rtwn_usb
37.Nd "Realtek USB device glue"
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following lines in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device xhci"
44.Cd "device ehci"
45.Cd "device uhci"
46.Cd "device ohci"
47.Cd "device usb"
48.Cd "device rtwn_usb"
49.Cd "device wlan"
50.Ed
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52This module provides the USB bus glue needed for the devices supported
53by the
54.Xr rtwn 4
55driver.
56.Sh HARDWARE
57The
58.Nm
59driver supports Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8188RU/RTL8188EU/RTL8192CU/RTL8192EU/RTL8812AU/RTL8821AU
60based USB wireless network adapters, including:
61.Pp
62.Bl -column -compact "Belkin F7D1102 Surf Wireless Micro" "Bus"
63.It Em Card Ta Em Bus
64.It "Alfa AWUS036NHR v2" Ta USB 2.0
65.It "ASUS USB-AC56" Ta USB 3.0
66.It "ASUS USB-N10 NANO" Ta USB 2.0
67.It "Belkin F7D1102 Surf Wireless Micro" Ta USB 2.0
68.It "Buffalo WI-U2-433DM" Ta USB 2.0
69.It "Buffalo WI-U3-866D" Ta USB 3.0
70.It "D-Link DWA-123 rev D1" Ta USB 2.0
71.It "D-Link DWA-125 rev D1" Ta USB 2.0
72.It "D-Link DWA-131" Ta USB 2.0
73.It "D-Link DWA-131 rev E1" Ta USB 2.0
74.It "D-Link DWA-171 rev A1" Ta USB 2.0
75.It "D-Link DWA-172 rev A1" Ta USB 2.0
76.It "D-Link DWA-180 rev A1" Ta USB 2.0
77.It "D-Link DWA-182 rev C1" Ta USB 3.0
78.It "Edimax EW-7811Un" Ta USB 2.0
79.It "Edimax EW-7811UTC" Ta USB 2.0
80.It "Edimax EW-7822UAC" Ta USB 3.0
81.It "Elecom WDC-150SU2M" Ta USB 2.0
82.It "EnGenius EUB1200AC" Ta USB 3.0
83.It "Hawking HD65U" Ta USB 2.0
84.It "Hercules Wireless N USB Pico" Ta USB 2.0
85.It "I-O Data WN-AC867U" Ta USB 3.0
86.It "Linksys WUSB6300" Ta USB 3.0
87.It "NEC AtermWL900U PA-WL900U" Ta USB 3.0
88.It "Netgear A6100" Ta USB 2.0
89.It "Netgear WNA1000M" Ta USB 2.0
90.It "Planex GW-900D" Ta USB 3.0
91.It "Realtek RTL8192CU" Ta USB 2.0
92.It "Realtek RTL8188CUS" Ta USB 2.0
93.It "Sitecom WLA-7100" Ta USB 3.0
94.It "TP-Link Archer T4U" Ta USB 3.0
95.It "TP-LINK TL-WN723N v3" Ta USB 2.0
96.It "TP-LINK TL-WN725N v2" Ta USB 2.0
97.It "TP-LINK TL-WN821N v4" Ta USB 2.0
98.It "TP-LINK TL-WN821N v5" Ta USB 2.0
99.It "TP-LINK TL-WN822N v4" Ta USB 2.0
100.It "TP-LINK TL-WN823N v1" Ta USB 2.0
101.It "TP-LINK TL-WN823N v2" Ta USB 2.0
102.It "TRENDnet TEW-805UB" Ta USB 3.0
103.It "ZyXEL NWD6605" Ta USB 3.0
104.El
105.Sh SEE ALSO
106.Xr rtwn 4 ,
107.Xr rtwn_pci 4 ,
108.Xr rtwnfw 4 ,
109.Xr usb 4
110.Sh BUGS
111The
112.Nm
113driver does not support any of the 802.11ac capabilities offered by the
114adapters.
115Additional work is required in
116.Xr ieee80211 9
117before those features can be supported.
118